RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Behavioral Science and the Juvenile Death Penalty
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 301
OP 309
VO 17
IS 3
A1 Leong, Gregory B.
A1 Eth, Spencer
YR 1989
UL http://jaapl.org/content/17/3/301.abstract
AB Behavioral science data included in an amicus brief has been introduced into a recent Supreme Court decision (Thompson v. Oklahoma) involving the juvenile death penalty. However, a close examination of the data fails to provide support for either the pro- or antijuvenile death penalty position.