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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226309134

ISBN-139780226309132

eBay Product ID (ePID)2883192

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Number of Pages472 Pages

Publication NameYouth on Trial : a Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice

LanguageEnglish

SubjectCriminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, General, Family Law / Children

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Psychology

AuthorRobert G. Schwartz

SeriesThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development, Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight22.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal364.360973

Table Of ContentIntroduction Part I:A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice Introduction 1 Developmental Psychology Goes to Court 2 Adolescent Development, Mental Disorders, and Decision making of Delinquent Youths Part II:Adolescents' Capacities as Trial Defendants Introduction 3 Adjudicative Competence and Youthful Offenders 4 Juveniles' Waiver of Legal Rights:Confessions, Miranda, and the Right to Counsel 5 What We Know about Youths' Capacities as Trial Dependants 6 Researching Juveniles' Capacities as Dependants 7 Clinical and Forensic Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Defendants 8 Youths' Trial Participation as Seen by Youths and Their Attorneys: An Exploration of Competence-Based Issues 9 The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Juveniles' Competence as Defendants Part III:Culpability and Youths' Capacities Introduction 10 Penal Proportionality for the Young Offender:Notes on Immaturity, Capacity, and Diminished Responsibility 11 Criminal Responsibility in Adolescence: Lessons from Developmental Psychology 12 Researching Adolescents' Judgment and Culpability 13 The Social Cognitive(Attributional) Perspective on Culpability in Adolescent Offenders 14 Contexts of Choice by Adolescents in Criminal Events 15 Can the Courts Fairly Account for the Diminished Competence and Culpability of Juveniles? A Judge's Perspective Epilogue Contributors Subject Index Author Index

SynopsisIt is often said that a teen "old enough to do the crime is old enough to do the time," but are teens really mature and capable enough to participate fully and fairly in adult criminal court? In this book-the fruit of the MacArthur Foundation Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice-a wide range of leaders in developmental psychology and law combine their expertise to investigate the current limitations of our youth policy. The first part of the book establishes a developmental perspective on juvenile justice; the second and third parts then apply this perspective to issues of adolescents' capacities as trial defendants and questions of legal culpability. Underlying the entire work is the assumption that an enlightened juvenile justice system cannot ignore the developmental psychological realities of adolescence. Not only a state-of-the-art assessment of the conceptual and empirical issues in the forensic assessment of youth, Youth on Trial is also a call to reintroduce sound, humane public policy into our justice system.. Contributors: Richard Barnum, Richard J. Bonnie, Emily Buss, Elizabeth Cauffman, Gary L. Crippen, Jeffrey Fagan, Barry C. Feld, Sandra Graham, Thomas Grisso, Colleen Halliday, Alan E. Kazdin, N. Dickon Reppucci, Robert G. Schwartz, Elizabeth Scott, Laurence Steinberg, Ann Tobey, Jennifer L. Woolard, Franklin E. Zimring, In Youth on Trial, a wide range of leaders in developmental psychology and law combine their expertise to investigate the limitations of our youth policy--including the problematic trend of trying alleged juvenile criminals as adults.