How would You desribe the relationship between criminal responsibility (accountability) and decisionmaking competence?

01 January 1970 0 7K Report

For a long time my mind has been set on WHY no society uses decisionmaking capacity instead of accountability as the term when deciding on ones criminal responsibility.

Do You have any suggestions?

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