article_snippet: Dany DuBois, a counsellor and psychotherapist who deals with child related issues, said children under 10 have no moral compass.
article_snippet: He said a child of two has no concept of right and wrong - and should not be reported to police for 'theft'.
article_snippet: A five year-old girl said: 'The general opinion of psychologists is that a child below the age of 10-12 does not have a full moral understanding of right and wrong. '
article_snippet: A two year-old will pick up lots of things that attracts them
article_snippet: but them would have no concept that is stealing and there are more appropriate ways of dealing with that rather than going to the police. '
article_snippet: But if say a child of five is doing something that may look like rape then them may be copying behaviour them have seen and could be being abused and in that case going to the authorities is the best thing to do but maybe not the police but instead a social worker.'
highlights_snippet: Under 10s cannot be arrested or charged with a crime under UK law .