About this Research Network
This network has received funding from 1997 to the present.
Network Chair
Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.
Director
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Network Website
http://www.adjj.org/For additional information, contact Marnia Davis.
June 11, 2008 - Video
Joseph Cocozza on Juvenile Justice
Joseph Cocozza, The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, on improving mental health services for youthful offenders. Watch Video
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June 25, 2012 - From the field
Supreme Court Eliminates Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juveniles may not be sentenced automatically to life without the possibility of parole for homicide. Related research by the MacArthur Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice was cited ... Read More
January 29, 2012 - Info sheet
Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice
The juvenile justice system was founded nearly a century ago on what was then a revolutionary principle: Children are different from adults, and the justice system that deals with them should reflect these differences. Read More
February 3, 2011 - Publication
Teenagers, Friends and Bad Decisions
This post describes a recent study by MacArthur Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice director Laurence Steinberg that found teenage peer pressure has a distinct effect on brain signals involving risk and reward, which ... Read More
October 28, 2010 - From the field
California Approves Juvenile Competence Law
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill, influenced by several MacArthur grantees, that establishes developmental immaturity as a factor in determining whether a juvenile is competent to participate in court proceedings. Read More