Talk:Child imprisonment

Edited the layout, spelling, grammar, and punctuation of article. Thought needs to be given to the "pros" and "cons" section. This section was left alone so that the original writing of the article creator would not be lost; however, the comments under this heading could be moved to a different heading in the future such as "Child Imprisonment Advocacy". Also, stated the section for the age of infancy by state (more states need to be added). Also, started subheadings for "History". Need contributors from ALL countries to add details on the history of child imprisonment for their respective country.

Merge "Child imprisonment" into "Age of criminal responsibility"
The "Child imprisonment" article as of today is basically nonsense as an article in its own right; it discusses issues to do with the "Age of criminal responsibility". The current content of "Child imprisonment" needs to be merged into "Age of criminal responsibility"; and this article should be independent of "Defence of "Defence of infancy". There is I think reason for all three articles, but their content should be distinct:
 * Age of criminal responsibility: discusses the age at which children are deemed responsible for their actions, ages in different countries, etc.
 * Child imprisonment: the practice of imprisoning and otherwise punishing children for crimes. E.g. in England children were imprisoned, transported to Australia, and executed for petty theft.
 * Defence of infancy: maybe should be Legal defence of infancy: issues to do with the legal representation and protection from punishment of infants. (This text in Talk of all 3 articles)

Pol098 (talk) 17:56, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Child imprisonment?
Surely child imprisonment is essentially kidnap/holding a child against their will? leopheard (talk) 23:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)