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@Shaun Ryan. It means: "Young adults are a separate group from children or adults. Having only two groups in the legal system (child or adult, as was first done in Edwardian times), isn't supported by modern science." With respect, not that difficult to understand.

Do we not already have a tripartite system? We have children (below the age of criminal responsibility), young adults (up to 18) and then adults (18+). The first poster (anon @4.00pm) suggests that responsibility should follow benefits. The current system imposes a lot more responsibility a lot earlier than any corresponding benefits (we have one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the developed world).

Perhaps we should raise the ages of criminal responsibility and adulthood as applied by the law? Or would that be too controversial?

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