Parents should bear the responsibility for custody and discipline when their children commit crimes. If a perpetrator commits a crime who is over 16 years old but under 18 years old, he shall bear criminal liability, but shall be given a lighter or reduced punishment. As guardians of minors, parents need to assume corresponding guardianship responsibilities.

1. How much responsibility do parents have for juvenile crimes?

1. Civil liability for compensation

Minors who commit crimes should bear independent criminal responsibility, and their parents will not bear the responsibility. criminal responsibility. If a minor's criminal behavior causes economic losses to the country, the collective, or others, according to the corresponding provisions of the Civil Code, the minor's parents or guardians shall bear all civil liability for compensation. Parents have corresponding moral responsibilities for minors' crimes and legal guardianship responsibilities for the minors' growth. If parents neglect to exercise their guardianship responsibilities, they must bear corresponding legal responsibilities.

If a property-owning person without capacity for civil conduct or a person with limited capacity for civil conduct causes damage to others, the compensation shall be paid from his/her own property; any shortfall shall be compensated by the guardian.

2. Legal supervision responsibilities

Parents have corresponding moral responsibilities for minors’ crimes and legal guardianship responsibilities for the growth of minors. If parents fail to exercise Those with guardianship responsibilities must bear corresponding legal responsibilities.

2. Parents or other guardians of minors and schools should educate minors not to engage in the following bad behaviors:

1. Absent from school and staying out at night.

2. Carry controlled knives.

3. Fight and insult others.

4. Forcibly asking for property from others.

5. Theft and intentional destruction of property.

6. Participating in gambling or disguised gambling.

7. Watch and listen to pornographic and obscene audio and video products, reading materials, etc.

8. Enter commercial song and dance halls and other places that are not suitable for minors to enter according to laws and regulations.

9. Other bad behaviors that seriously violate social morality.

3. Definition of juvenile crime:

1. Juvenile crime refers to a crime committed by a person who is over 14 years old but under 18 years old.

2. Persons under the age of 14 who commit criminal acts stipulated by law are not considered crimes and do not bear criminal responsibility.

3. A person who is over 14 years old but under 16 years old can only be punished if he commits intentional homicide, intentional injury causing serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion, or poisoning. It constitutes a crime and requires criminal liability.

4. If a minor who is over 14 years old but under 18 years old commits a crime, he shall be given a lighter or reduced punishment.

Legal basis:

"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 17

Reached the age of fourteen A person under the age of 16 who commits intentional homicide, intentional injury causing serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion, or placing dangerous substances shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person who has reached the age of fourteen but not the age of eighteen commits a crime, he shall be given a lighter or reduced punishment.