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The age of criminal responsibility must rise, say experts after 11-year-old's murder charge _ NITV

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Crime rise sparks call to raise age of responsibility to 12

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'Should parents be responsible for the criminal actions of their children?' video 

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Heart-stopping near-misses, high-speed pursuits and dramatic arrests are playing out on roads across Australia and the offenders aren't even old enough to legally buy a beer.

Victoria has the dubious title of Australia's youth crime capital, with the number of criminal incidents linked to children aged between 10 and 17 climbing to more than 20,000 last year - a rise of more than 7.5-percent on 2014.

A Current Affair has obtained vision from Victoria Police of a number of car chases involving underage drivers.

In one, police pursue a group of teenagers inside a stolen luxury vehicle.

The driver stopped to refuel and mistakenly put diesel in the car.

He stops soon after at another petrol station where two female passengers, one of them only 14 years old, flee and are arrested by police.

The driver and another teenage boy speed away as police are forced to call off the pursuit for safety reasons.

They were later arrested and taken into custody in the following days.

In another video, police kept up chase for an hour and a half before a car crashed on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge - causing peak hour traffic chaos.

They had allegedly been involved in two attempted armed robberies in the city's north.

One of the teenagers, aged 17, was released on bail.

Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville says police pursuits led by juvenile offenders are difficult for police to take part in.

"At what point do you pull off your pursuit because the person is acting so erratically that it's putting the lives of other people, including police, at risk?" Ms Neville asked.

Victoria's outgoing Police Association president Rob Iddles says young offenders don't realise the potential cost of their crimes.

"I think it's becoming alarming when we're seeing this more often," Mr Iddles told A Current Affair.

"Some young people have lost their lives and their friends come around and say, 'Oh, we're shocked. This shouldn't have happened.' Well, it shouldn't happen but I don't think they understand it could be fatal."

But even when some young offenders are sentenced, their offending continues in detention.

About 40 young offenders being detained at Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville rioted in November demanding different bedding, pizza, better toilet paper and even a Christmas tree.

A Current Affair has been told they were granted at least one of those requests, fresh sheets, and more comfortable mattresses.

Social analyst David Chalke believes throwing young offenders into detention facilities won't solve the issue of rising rates of crime being committed by them.

"There is certainly a public perception that the system has gone soft," Mr Chalke said.

"It's absolutely no use at all. What is clearly needed is an identified program to help them reform, sometimes its rehabilitation - a lot of them are drug-affected or using alcohol or other forms of intoxication."

The Victorian Government has pledged more police officers will be deployed next year in an attempt to reduce crime.

"We need more police out there on the beat," Ms Neville said.

But Mr Iddles believes a firmer hand may be required to return juvenile crime rates to lower levels.

"I think what's happened is that we've probably dropped the ball and now we've got a crisis," Mr Iddles said.

"Now, we're dealing with the crisis and the horse has already bolted, so it will take some time to turn around."

© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2017

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Heart-stopping near-misses, high-speed pursuits and dramatic arrests are playing out on roads across Australia and the offenders aren't even old enough to legally buy a beer. Victoria has the dubious title of Australia's youth crime capital, with the number of criminal incidents linked to children aged between 10 and 17 climbing to more than 20,000 last year - a rise of more than 7.5-percent on 2014.

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Life as a Young, Indigenous, A-class Offender in Australia

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The Indigenous population is consistently over-represented in Australia's prisons, but it's even more apparent in the juvenile justice system. Last year, a report on New South Wales stated that young people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background made up 48 percent of all young people in state custody.

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You Be The Judge Teachers Guide Years 9 and 10

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The Use of Graphic Organizers to Enhance Thinking Skills in the Learning of Economics

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You be the Judge Years 9 and 10 Drug Trafficking Slides 2017

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You Be The Judge Years 9 and 10 Drug Trafficking Slides

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Young offenders in the media worksheet