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