Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice
Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice
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DOI：
10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153603
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
18.4
通讯作者：
Steinberg, Laurence
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作者：
Steinberg, Laurence
虽然司法系统的政策和做法不能，也不应该，完全由青少年发展的研究，我们应对青少年犯罪的方式应该由发展科学的教训。本文首先简要概述了美国少年司法系统的历史、原理和运作。在此之后，我总结了研究结果的大脑，认知和心理社会发展的青少年在司法系统中的治疗有影响。在这种情况下，发展科学的效用说明了这些研究成果的应用，在当代司法政策的三个基本问题：青少年的刑事罪责，青少年的能力，站在审判，和惩罚性制裁对青少年的发展和行为的影响。总之，发展科学的经验教训为维持一个单独的少年司法系统提供了强有力的支持，在这个系统中，青少年以发展适当的方式受到审判，审判和制裁。
Although justice system policy and practice cannot, and should not, be dictated solely by studies of adolescent development, the ways in which we respond to juvenile offending should be informed by the lessons of developmental science. This review begins with a brief overview of the history, rationale, and workings of the American juvenile justice system. Following this, I summarize findings from studies of brain, cognitive, and psychosocial development in adolescence that have implications for the treatment of juveniles in the justice system. The utility of developmental science in this context is illustrated by the application of these research findings to three fundamental issues in contemporary justice policy: the criminal culpability of adolescents, adolescents' competence to stand trial, and the impact of punitive sanctions on adolescents' development and behavior. Taken together, die lessons of developmental science offer strong support for the maintenance of a separate juvenile justice system in which adolescents are judged, tried, and sanctioned in developmentally appropriate ways.