Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
Taking as its sample group the 2005 population of seventy-two juvenile offenders on death row, this article examines the roles of peer influence and group offending in the murders committed by those now awaiting execution. Based on that examination, the article suggests certain reforms in the capital trials of juveniles. To set the stage, the article first marshals the evidence supporting the “group crime” theory of youth violence and then discusses the critical role of peers in adolescent development and group offending of a violent crime.
Publication Citation
59 U. Miami L. Rev. 135 (2004-2005)
Recommended Citation
Berkheiser, Mary, "Capitalizing Adolescence: Juvenile Offenders on Death Row" (2005). Scholarly Works. 89.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/89