How Important is Developmental Maturity in Assessing Whether Adolescents Will Share True or False Accounts of a First Offense in Legal Interactions?

We examined the developmental and situation-specific differences between four groupings of adolescents charged with a first offense: those who committed the crime and told the authorities they committed the crime (true confessors; 71%), those who committed the crime but told the authorities they did...

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Authors: Lavoie, Jennifer 1985- (Author) ; Fine, Adam D. (Author) ; Thomas, April G. (Author) ; Frick, Paul J. (Author) ; Steinberg, Laurence D. 1952- (Author) ; Cauffman, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 648-669
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Keywords:
Perceptions of procedural justice
Psychosocial maturity
Delinquency
Adolescence