1. Introduction: The Challenge of Lionel Tate
2. The Science of Adolescent Development and Teens’ Involvement in Crime
3. Regulating Children in American Law: The State as Parent and Protector
4. Why Crime Is Different
5. Immaturity and Mitigation
6. Developmental Competence and the Adjudication of Juveniles
7. Social Welfare and Juvenile Crime Regulation
8. The Developmental Model and Juvenile Justice Policy for the Twenty-First Century
9. Is Society Ready for Juvenile Justice Reform?
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index

Elizabeth S. Scott is Harold R. Medina Professor of Law at Columbia University.

Laurence Steinberg is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Temple University.