Children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on child offenders

Here you can find comparative information on child offenders for all the EU28 Member States on the basis of information collected from national and international databases. The data is available on e.g:

• Child offenders tried in juvenile courts;

• Children arrested who were arrested for the first time;

• Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR);

• Upper age limit for juvenile justice;

• Legal provision for a doli incapax mechanism for prosecutions of children around the age of MACR.