CulpabilityPunishmentDeterrenceLegal reasonsPolitical authorityPolitical legitimacyGideon Yaffe argues that children should be treated as less culpable by the criminal justice system because children have little political say over the law. I analyze several elements of Yaffe's argument and express qualified ...
Gideon Yaffe: The Age of Culpability: Children and the Nature of Criminal ResponsibilityJournal of Youth and Adolescence -doi:10.1007/s10964-019-01018-xAllison B. PierceIndiana University, Bloomington, USASpringer NatureJournal of Youth and Adolescence...
In response, researchers have investigated factors that may affect adolescent culpability [Steinberg and Scott (Am Psychol 58(12):1009-1018, 2003)]. Research on immature judgment posits that psychosocial influences on adolescent decision processes results in reduced criminal responsibility [Cauffman and ...