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diminished culpability of adolescents: a standalone construct

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diminished culpabilityof adolescents1 CONSTRUCTDiminished culpabilitySTEINBERG · LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY

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the argument that adolescents' developmental immaturity makes them less blameworthy than adults for the same crimes.

In legal psychology, diminished culpability of adolescents refers to the argument that adolescents' developmental immaturity makes them less blameworthy than adults for the same crimes. This meaning comes from Steinberg (2003) in American Psychologist.[1]

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  1. Steinberg, L., & Scott, E. S. (2003). Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence: Developmental Immaturity, Diminished Responsibility, and the Juvenile Death Penalty. American Psychologist, 58(12), 1009-1018. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.58.12.1009

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