Interesting Fact - Crime - Podcast Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps By Lynne Hand - 00:30 According to a Royal Society report the age of criminal responsibility (currently 10 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) might be too low. (In a scientific study scans of the brain showed that at the age of 10 the parts of the brain connected with decision-making and judgement are still developing and are not fully mature "until at least the age of 20". Looking at the way some people behave, I wonder if they should be so sure it's 20.) Source Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps