• DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.58.12.1009
Corpus ID: 15644270

Less guilty by reason of adolescence: developmental immaturity, diminished responsibility, and the juvenile death penalty.

@article{Steinberg2003LessGB,
  title={Less guilty by reason of adolescence: developmental immaturity, diminished responsibility, and the juvenile death penalty.},
  author={L. Steinberg and E. L. Scott},
  journal={The American psychologist},
  year={2003},
  volume={58 12},
  pages={
          1009-18
        }
}

L. Steinberg, E. L. Scott

Published 2003

Psychology, Medicine

The American psychologist

The authors use a developmental perspective to examine questions about the criminal culpability of juveniles and the juvenile death penalty. Under principles of criminal law, culpability is mitigated when the actor's decision-making capacity is diminished, when the criminal act was coerced, or when the act was out of character. The authors argue that juveniles should not be held to the same standards of criminal responsibility as adults, because adolescents' decision-making capacity is… CONTINUE READING

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