A developmental perspective on serious juvenile crime: When should juveniles be treated as adults?

Federal Probation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 52-57

  Steinberg, Laurence ^a,b   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Found Res Netwk AD/JJ

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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