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Brief Argues That Juvenile Offenders Are Different from Adults Robert Siegel discusses psychological and developmental differences between adults and teens with psychologist Laurence Steinberg. Steinberg advised the American Psychological Association for a friend-of-the-court brief that figured in Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling abolishing executions for juvenile criminals.

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Brief Argues That Juvenile Offenders Are Different from Adults

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Brief Argues That Juvenile Offenders Are Different from Adults

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Robert Siegel discusses psychological and developmental differences between adults and teens with psychologist Laurence Steinberg. Steinberg advised the American Psychological Association for a friend-of-the-court brief that figured in Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling abolishing executions for juvenile criminals.