Delinquency and Desert

Bibliographic Data

ID9753853
AuthorsStanley J Morse (0000-0002-7260-5012, California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Stephen J Morse (University of Pennsylvania), S J MORSE (corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume564
Issue1
Pages56-80
Publication date1999-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271629956400105
OpenAlexW4243177646, W2110751585
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

This article addresses the moral and legal responsibility that may fairly be attributed to mid and late adolescents who commit criminal offenses and how adolescents' responsibility should affect the law's response. It offers a robust theory of responsibility that is rooted in our current moral theories and practices of blame and punishment. Next the article reviews the psychosocial and developmental literature to determine whether or to what degree mid to late adolescents are morally responsible for their conduct and whether they are less responsible than adults. Finally, the article considers the dispositional consequences implied by the theory of responsibility in general and by what we know about adolescents in particular. It concludes that neither data nor commonsense can resolve the normative issue of juvenile responsibility

Affect (linguistics · Blame · Commit · Criminal law · Criminal responsibility · Criminology · Desert (philosophy · Juvenile delinquency · Moral responsibility · Normative · Political science · Psychosocial · Punishment (psychology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Free Will and Agency · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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