Youth on Trial: A Developmental Perspective

InYouth on Trial,a wide range of leaders in developmental psychology and law combine their expertise to investigate the limitations of our youth policyincluding the problematic trend of trying alleged juvenile criminals as adults.

Thomas Grisso is a professor of psychiatry (clinical psychology) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Robert G. Schwartz is the executive director of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.

Introduction

1

(6)

Part I: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice

Introduction

7

(2)

Developmental Psychology Goes to Court

9

(24)

Laurence Steinberg

Robert G. Schwartz

Adolescent Development, Mental Disorders, and Decision Making of Delinquent Youths

33

(40)

Alan E. Kazdin

Part II: Adolescents' Capacities as Trial Defendants

Introduction

67

(6)

Adjudicative Competence and Youthful Offenders

73

(32)

Richard J. Bonnie

Thomas Grisso

Juveniles' Waiver of Legal Rights: Confessions, Miranda, and the Right to Counsel

105

(34)

Barry C. Feld

What We Know about Youths' Capacities as Trial Defendants

139

(34)

Thomas Grisso

Researching Juveniles' Capacities as Defendants

173

(20)

Jennifer L. Woolard

N. Dickon Reppucci

Clinical and Forensic Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Defendants

193

(32)

Richard Barnum

Youths' Trial Participation as Seen by Youths and Their Attorneys: An Exploration of Competence-Based Issues

225

(18)

Ann Tobey

Thomas Grisso

Robert Schwartz

The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Juveniles' Competence as Defendants

243

(28)

Emily Buss

Part III: Culpability and Youths' Capacities

Introduction

267

(4)

Penal Proportionality for the Young Offender: Notes on Immaturity, Capacity, and Diminished Responsibility

271

(20)

Franklin E. Zimring

Criminal Responsibility in Adolescence: Lessons from Developmental Psychology

291

(34)

Elizabeth S. Scott

Researching Adolescents' Judgment and Culpability

325

(20)

Elizabeth Cauffman

Laurence Steinberg

The Social Cognitive (Attributional) Perspective on Culpability in Adolescent Offenders

345

(26)

Sandra Graham

Colleen Halliday

Contexts of Choice by Adolescents in Criminal Events

371

(32)

Jeffrey Fagan

Can the Courts Fairly Account for the Diminished Competence and Culpability of Juveniles? A Judge's Perspective

403

(32)

Honorable Gary L. Crippen

Epilogue

435

(2)

Contributors

437

(2)

Subject Index

439

(16)

Author Index

455

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Youth on Trial: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice

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