5531: LISTEN¦ Should teens guilty of serious offences like rape go to prison? As MLAs debate increasing the criminal age of responsibility, writer Malachi O'Doherty argues that it may not always be productive, if the goal is rehabilitation

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The episode discusses whether teens guilty of serious offences like rape should go to prison, featuring arguments on rehabilitation by writer Malachi O'Doherty.

Should teens guilty of serious offences like rape go to prison? As MLAs debate increasing the criminal age of responsibility, writer Malachi O'Doherty argues that it may not always be productive, if the goal is rehabilitation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Frank Mitchell

Guest: Malachi O'Doherty

Topics covered

• juvenile justice
• rehabilitation
• criminal responsibility
• serious offences
• youth crime

Keywords

• teens
• rape
• prison
• criminal age
• rehabilitation
• offences
• MLAs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MLAs

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