Science in Court: Arrested Development

05/02/2012

Science in Court: Arrested Development

"Neuroscience shows that the adolescent brain is still developing. The question is whether that should influence the sentencing of juveniles."

Lizzie Buchen, Science in Court: Arrested Development, 304 Nature 484 (2012).

May 2, 2012 10:27:47 AM

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