The relevance of immaturities in the juvenile brain to culpability and rehabilitation

Hastings Law Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1469-1485

  Luna, Beatriz ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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