Children Are Not Little Adult s: Developmental Diffe rences and the Juvenile Justice System
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Children’s thinking differs fundamentally from that of adults. The difference between children and adults is not simply that children know less; they know and learn in qualitatively different ways than adults do. The differences between an adult and an infant are so obvious that no one would suggest that they should be treated similarly by the legal system. But when it comes to older children and adults, we sometimes forget that they are still developing. It is now well documented that developmental differences persist through the teen years and perhaps even into early adulthood.
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Authors: Linda M.B. Uttal, David H. Uttal
Institution: Loyola University Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W216783984