ABOUT THIS BOOK

In Youth on Trial, a wide range of leaders in developmental psychology and law combine their expertise to investigate the limitations of our youth policy—including 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.

REVIEWS

"This major contribution to the field of juvenile justice opens a door that has needed opening. . . . Thanks to Grisso, Schwartz, and their colleagues and the MacArthur Network, perhaps there ultimately will be a kinder, gentler nation, at least as far as juvenile offenders are concerned."

— Alan M. Goldstein, Journal of Psychiatry and Law

"It is refreshing to read a publication that is truly original, innovative, and challenging, addressing as it does all aspects and all stages of the impact of the legal process on adolescents."

— Susan Bailey, Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry

“After meticulously presenting competency and development issues faced by youth . . . the book moves to a solution-focused orientation that will be appreciated by academicians and practitioners. Readers interested in mental health issues of youths are provided a litany of literature, data, research, and tools that offer a better understanding and approach to a fairer justice process for juveniles. The book refreshingly becomes a ‘how to’ manual for lawyers, judges, parents, and even youth interested in applying the developmental perspective. . . . A must-read for any student of juvenile justice, as it is a prelude to the inclusion of developmental psychology into the juvenile justice field."

— Everette B. Penn, Criminal Justice Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Part I:A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice
Introduction
1Developmental Psychology Goes to Court
2Adolescent Development, Mental Disorders, and Decision making of Delinquent Youths

Part II:Adolescents' Capacities as Trial Defendants
Introduction
3Adjudicative Competence and Youthful Offenders
4Juveniles' Waiver of Legal Rights:Confessions, Miranda, and the Right to Counsel
5What We Know about Youths' Capacities as Trial Dependants
6Researching Juveniles' Capacities as Dependants
7Clinical and Forensic Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Defendants
8Youths' Trial Participation as Seen by Youths and Their Attorneys: An Exploration of Competence-Based Issues
9The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Juveniles' Competence as Defendants

Part III:Culpability and Youths' Capacities
Introduction
10Penal Proportionality for the Young Offender:Notes on Immaturity, Capacity, and Diminished Responsibility
11Criminal Responsibility in Adolescence: Lessons from Developmental Psychology
12Researching Adolescents' Judgment and Culpability
13The Social Cognitive(Attributional) Perspective on Culpability in Adolescent Offenders
14Contexts of Choice by Adolescents in Criminal Events
15Can the Courts Fairly Account for the Diminished Competence and Culpability of Juveniles? A Judge's Perspective

Epilogue
Contributors
Subject Index
Author Index

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