
@article{ref1,
title="For they know not what they do: reintroducing infancy protections for child sex offenders in light of in re : B.W",
journal="American criminal law review",
year="2015",
author="Schiraldi, Tara",
volume="52",
number="3",
pages="679-702",
abstract="Schiraldi seeks to place In re B.W. within the framework of the reemergence of infancy defenses in juvenile courts and suggests that the case represents an alternative method for reincorporating aspects of infancy into juvenile adjudications. She discusses the history of infancy defenses, beginning with the defense's inception in early common law and following the progression of precedent through the modern standard. She also discusses the In re B.W. decision and the implications of that decision on children under fourteen charged with sexual assault. Finally, she looks at the potential impact that the recognition of sexual infancy could have on juvenile offenders nationwide, and maintains that sexual crime, in particular, is ripe for the reintroduction    KW: Juvenile justice; Violence; Sexual abuse<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0164-0364",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}