Legal analysis
The age of criminal responsibility is the age at which the actor should bear criminal responsibility according to the law, and it is also one of the conditions of criminal responsibility ability. It is determined by the maturity of people's physical and psychological development and the degree of socialization. According to the national criminal law, as long as a person reaches a certain age and is mentally normal, he should bear criminal responsibility. Determining when to begin to assume criminal responsibility is one of the most important issues in criminal legislation, because the age of criminal responsibility is one of the main contents of investigating criminal responsibility. According to national laws, the age of criminal responsibility is divided into four stages: first, the age of full criminal responsibility means that minors who have reached the age of 16 should bear criminal responsibility for crimes; Second, at the relative age of criminal responsibility, minors who have reached the age of 14 but under the age of 16 commit eight heinous crimes stipulated by law and should bear criminal responsibility; Third, at the age of relative lack of criminal responsibility (or malicious replacement of age), minors who have reached the age of 12 and under the age of 14 commit the crime of intentional homicide and intentional injury, causing death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, and should bear criminal responsibility if they are prosecuted with the approval of the Supreme People's Procuratorate; 4. At the age of no criminal responsibility, people under the age of 12 will not be criminally responsible, no matter what kind of behaviors that endanger society are carried out. The reason why national laws stipulate such an age of crime is to effectively care for the healthy growth of children. When harmful behavior occurs, we should adhere to the policy of giving priority to education, supplemented by punishment, and give priority to education, reform and rescue. Even if a few people are to be punished, their purpose is education. Therefore, the age of crime stipulated by law is not only scientific, but also reasonable. You can use documentary evidence, that is, household registration certificate, birth certificate, etc. to identify your age, or you can provide witness testimony or use medical technology to identify your age.
legal ground
Article 17 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) A person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility. A person who has reached the age of 14 but is under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion or throwing dangerous substances, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person who has reached the age of 12 but under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, causing death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, if the circumstances are bad, he shall be prosecuted with the approval of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person under the age of 18 is investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, his punishment shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or other guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, carry out special corrective education according to law. Article 17 If a person who has reached the age of 75 intentionally commits a crime, he may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment; Whoever commits a crime negligently shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.