Reconciling the Complexity of Human Development With the Reality of Legal Policy: Reply to Fischer, Stein, and Heikkinen (2009)

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 601-604

  Steinberg, Laurence ^a   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^b   Woolard, Jennifer ^c   Graham, Sandra ^d   Banich, Marie ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; chronological age; policy; science

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350113522     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017246     Document Type: Article

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