The development of decision-making capacities in children and adolescents: Psychological and neurological perspectives and their implications for juvenile defendants

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-190

  Kambam, Praveen ^a   Thompson, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MORALITY; MYELINATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PEER PRESSURE; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549146321     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.859     Document Type: Review

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