Citation

Lamb ME, Sim MPY. Youth Justice 2013; 13(2): 131-144.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, National Association for Youth Justice, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1473225413492055

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Developmental factors affect the way that children and young people behave in legal contexts. We first discuss developmental factors such as cognitive and emotional development, social expectations and suggestibility that affect young victims and suspects. We then describe some implications of these developmental factors for police interviewers and for the youth justice system more generally and call for the more differentiated treatment of young people according to their age and development.

Language: en