Study of the criminal and civil liability of children and adolescents

The statistics show that the age group of 15 to 24 years is more delinquent than the others, and since the majority of our population is made up of children and adolescents, this is important to be considered by the researchers.One of the most important issues in punishment for criminal children is the issue of puberty. Maturity is the end of childhood and the beginning of a new stage in human life. Therefore, it is necessary to examine its concept and characteristics in order to provide a proper standard for recognizing children and distinguishing them from adults.In the present article, while expressing the lexical, jurisprudential and lawful concepts of puberty, examined the distinction as the basis of responsibility and growth as the queen who enables a person to identify good and bad, ugly and beautiful and good and evil. Takes.
Following the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the rules of criminal offenders and their criminal responsibility changed. In the above rules, a few basic points about the criminal responsibility of children in the area are being investigated.Firstly, the age of puberty and the ability to accept homework and legal responsibilities have changed completely.Secondly, the lack of responsibility of children is explicitly accepted as a principle.Thirdly, children are identified as being responsible for exceptional circumstances and for particular intellectual or cognitive reasons. In addition, under special circumstances, the child will be responsible for the child offenders.