It depends on the child's age and type of crime they committed. If a children is under the age of 7, they cannot be committed no matter what is the type of crime ( Age of child depends on the country).
Police informed their parents, court trials them and they usually go to juvenile rehabilitation centres to be good citizens.
In the UK the age of criminal responsibility is 10. And after that they can be arrested and charged, however if found guilty, they wouldn't be sent to an adult prison.
Instead they would be sent to special secure centres for youth.
If a child is under 10 years old then they will have mandatory curfews and if this is broken then things may go further including care services.
For the UK we can use the years 2019/2012 to get a general overview of trends:
19,000 children were cautioned or sentenced (10 -17).
The highest level of crime was 'violence against the person'.
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It depends on the child's age and type of crime they committed. If a children is under the age of 7, they cannot be committed no matter what is the type of crime ( Age of child depends on the country).
Police informed their parents, court trials them and they usually go to juvenile rehabilitation centres to be good citizens.
In the UK the age of criminal responsibility is 10. And after that they can be arrested and charged, however if found guilty, they wouldn't be sent to an adult prison.
Instead they would be sent to special secure centres for youth.
If a child is under 10 years old then they will have mandatory curfews and if this is broken then things may go further including care services.
For the UK we can use the years 2019/2012 to get a general overview of trends:
19,000 children were cautioned or sentenced (10 -17).
The highest level of crime was 'violence against the person'.
UK stats here
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/956621/youth-justice-statistics-2019-2020.pdf