Factors to Consider in Assessing Adolescent Culpability
| Appreciation of wrongfulness |
| Ability to conform to law |
| Developmental course of aggression and impulsivity |
| Immaturity: IQ, psychosocial maturity, including time sense, susceptibility to peer pressure, risk taking, ability to empathize |
| Out-of-character action |
| Environmental circumstances |
| Peer group norms |
| Incomplete personality development |
| Mental illness |
| Reactive attitudes toward the offense |