Youth on Trial: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice

by Grisso, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780226309132
• ISBN10: 0226309134
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
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Summary

InYouth on Trial,a wide range of leaders in developmental psychology and law combine their expertise to investigate the limitations of our youth policyincluding the problematic trend of trying alleged juvenile criminals as adults.

Author Biography

Thomas Grisso is a professor of psychiatry (clinical psychology) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Robert G. Schwartz is the executive director of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice
Introduction	7	(2)
Developmental Psychology Goes to Court	9	(24)
Laurence Steinberg
Robert G. Schwartz
Adolescent Development, Mental Disorders, and Decision Making of Delinquent Youths	33	(40)
Alan E. Kazdin
Part II: Adolescents' Capacities as Trial Defendants
Introduction	67	(6)
Adjudicative Competence and Youthful Offenders	73	(32)
Richard J. Bonnie
Thomas Grisso
Juveniles' Waiver of Legal Rights: Confessions, Miranda, and the Right to Counsel	105	(34)
Barry C. Feld
What We Know about Youths' Capacities as Trial Defendants	139	(34)
Thomas Grisso
Researching Juveniles' Capacities as Defendants	173	(20)
Jennifer L. Woolard
N. Dickon Reppucci
Clinical and Forensic Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Defendants	193	(32)
Richard Barnum
Youths' Trial Participation as Seen by Youths and Their Attorneys: An Exploration of Competence-Based Issues	225	(18)
Ann Tobey
Thomas Grisso
Robert Schwartz
The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Juveniles' Competence as Defendants	243	(28)
Emily Buss
Part III: Culpability and Youths' Capacities
Introduction	267	(4)
Penal Proportionality for the Young Offender: Notes on Immaturity, Capacity, and Diminished Responsibility	271	(20)
Franklin E. Zimring
Criminal Responsibility in Adolescence: Lessons from Developmental Psychology	291	(34)
Elizabeth S. Scott
Researching Adolescents' Judgment and Culpability	325	(20)
Elizabeth Cauffman
Laurence Steinberg
The Social Cognitive (Attributional) Perspective on Culpability in Adolescent Offenders	345	(26)
Sandra Graham
Colleen Halliday
Contexts of Choice by Adolescents in Criminal Events	371	(32)
Jeffrey Fagan
Can the Courts Fairly Account for the Diminished Competence and Culpability of Juveniles? A Judge's Perspective	403	(32)
Honorable Gary L. Crippen
Epilogue	435	(2)
Contributors	437	(2)
Subject Index	439	(16)
Author Index	455