This article examines the role played by biological and psychological factors associated with adolescent criminal activity in the context of justice policy reform and its critics. Scott, Duell, and Steinberg assert that risk-taking behavior in adolescence is not solely associated with biological and psychological immaturity, but rather exists as a dynamic interaction between those factors and the individual social context. This interactive model of juvenile offending supports the trend of treating juveniles differently than adults in the criminal justice system and clarifies how correctional programs are crucial in either undermining or promoting healthy development in adolescents
In the past decade, developmental brain research has had an important influence on juvenile crime re...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? Are they children whose offenses are the result ...
This article examines the role played by biological and psychological factors associated with adoles...
Justice policy reform in the past decade has been driven by research evidence indicating that brain ...
In the past decade, much attention has focused on developmental brain research and its implications ...
The justice system in the United States has long recognized that juvenile offenders are not the same...
Recently, American juvenile justice policy has undergone dramatic changes. In less than a generation...
This Article argues that a developmental model of juvenile crime regulation grounded in scientific k...
One of the underlying foundations of Western criminal justice is the notion that human behavior is t...
Human behavior is determined by a complex interaction between biology and experience. In childhood, ...
Brain imagery now allows us all to see the developmental milestones achieved by the human brain as i...
Recent scientific findings about the developing teen brain have both captured public attention and b...
One of the underlying foundations of Western criminal justice is the notion that human behavior is t...
Elizabeth Scott and Laurence Steinberg explore the dramatic changes in the law’s conception of young...
In the past decade, developmental brain research has had an important influence on juvenile crime re...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? Are they children whose offenses are the result ...
This article examines the role played by biological and psychological factors associated with adoles...
Justice policy reform in the past decade has been driven by research evidence indicating that brain ...
In the past decade, much attention has focused on developmental brain research and its implications ...
The justice system in the United States has long recognized that juvenile offenders are not the same...
Recently, American juvenile justice policy has undergone dramatic changes. In less than a generation...
This Article argues that a developmental model of juvenile crime regulation grounded in scientific k...
One of the underlying foundations of Western criminal justice is the notion that human behavior is t...
Human behavior is determined by a complex interaction between biology and experience. In childhood, ...
Brain imagery now allows us all to see the developmental milestones achieved by the human brain as i...
Recent scientific findings about the developing teen brain have both captured public attention and b...
One of the underlying foundations of Western criminal justice is the notion that human behavior is t...
Elizabeth Scott and Laurence Steinberg explore the dramatic changes in the law’s conception of young...
In the past decade, developmental brain research has had an important influence on juvenile crime re...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? Are they children whose offenses are the result ...