Responses to juvenile offending have swung between rehabilitative and punishment
approaches since the 1960s. A shift back toward rehabilitation has been influenced by …

An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the
real world. How do humans navigate uncertainty, continuously making near-effortless …

An examination of the relationship between the brain and culpability that offers a
comprehensive neuroscientific theory of human responsibility. When we praise, blame …

Adolescents make more reckless decisions when with peers than when alone, which poses
a challenge for organizations that place adolescents in situations in which risky and myopic …

Justice policy reform in the past decade has been driven by research evidence indicating
that brain development is ongoing through adolescence, and that neurological and …

Overlooked in the extensive literature on self‐control theory are propositions with respect to
street gangs. In Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) perspective, gangs are loose …

To what extent do violent offenders cause harm to victims when they act independently
versus when they collaborate with others? Currently, it remains unclear whether co …

Controlling for basic demographic variables, parental knowledge, prosocial peer
associations, and precursor measures of each outcome, the current study sought to compare …

The origins and escalation of group violence are central to the criminological enterprise.
Explanations of collective violence were developed when face-to-face interactions …

Peer presence can elicit maladaptive adolescent decision-making, potentially by increasing
sensitivity to the rewards one receives. It remains unknown whether peer presence also …