Sentencing recommendations are insensitive to juvenile offender’s age and maturation

Research on perceptions of juvenile criminals has long sought to understand what drives punishment of juvenile. While some researchers argue that age influences the punishment of juvenile offenders, others argue that more severe crimes receive harsher punishments. However, in much past research, inf...

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Main Authors: Jonathon McPhetres, Jamie Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2016.1194714