Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth S. Scott is Harold R. Medina Professor of Law at Columbia University. Laurence Steinberg is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Temple University. Klappentext What should we do with teens who commit crimes? Two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science, which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development. Zusammenfassung What should we do with teens who commit crimes? Two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science! which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction: The Challenge of Lionel Tate * The Science of Adolescent Development and Teens' Involvement in Crime * Regulating Children in American Law: The State as Parent and Protector * Why Crime Is Different * Immaturity and Mitigation * Developmental Competence and the Adjudication of Juveniles * Social Welfare and Juvenile Crime Regulation * The Developmental Model and Juvenile Justice Policy for the Twenty-First Century * Is Society Ready for Juvenile Justice Reform? * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth S Scott, Elizabeth S. Scott, Elizabeth S. Steinberg Scott, Laurence Steinberg, Laurence D. Steinberg
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2010
• EAN: 9780674057463
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05746-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 212 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, LAW / Family Law / Children, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Jurisprudence & general issues, Juvenile offenders, Criminal justice law