Last week the organization had a workshop to gather input on the content of an upcoming training program. During one point, the facilitators asked the attendees to guess the legal age of responsibility in countries that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
There were lots of guesses for the US. And after each guess a few attendees would look my way as if to question if the guess was right. So, eventually I said things like that aren’t determined by the US but by each state’s government…then the facilitator said the US hasn’t ratified the Convention, either…
Interestingly, though, the range of guesses was only 7-14 years…
What’s does the “legal of responsibility” mean?
Basically the age we would consider them adults for crimes committed (at what age would they face a jury and imprisonment as an adult?).