Publications

Representative peer reviewed manuscripts:

Steinberg, L. (2008). A social neuroscience perspective on adolescent risk-taking. Developmental Review, 28, 78-106. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., & Monahan, K. (2007). Age differences in resistance to peer influence. Developmental Psychology, 43, 1531-1543. (PDF)

Belsky, J., Steinberg, L., Houts, R., Friedman, S., DeHart, G., Cauffman, E., Roisman, G., Halpern-Felsher, B., Susman, E., & The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (2007). Family rearing antecedents of pubertal timing.  Child Development, 78, 1302-1321. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2007). Risk-taking in adolescence: New perspectives from brain and behavioral science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 55-59. (PDF)

Cauffman, E., Piquero, A., Kimonis, E., Steinberg, L., & Chassin, L. (2007). Legal, individual, and contextual predictors of court disposition. Law and Human Behavior, 31, 519-535. (PDF)

Nagin, D., Piquero, A., Scott, E., and Steinberg, L. (2006). Public preferences for rehabilitation versus incarceration of juvenile offenders: evidence from a contingent valuation survey. Crime and Public Policy, 5, 301-326. (PDF)

Little, M., & Steinberg, L. (2006). Psychosocial predictors of adolescent drug dealing in the inner-city: Potential roles of opportunity, conventional commitments, and maturity. Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, 4, 1-30. (PDF)

Poythress, N., Lexcen, F., Grisso, T., & Steinberg, L. (2006). The competence-related abilities of youths charged in criminal court. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 75-92. (PDF)

Chung, H., & Steinberg, L. (2006). Neighborhood, parenting, and peer influences on antisocial behavior among serious juvenile offenders. Developmental Psychology, 42, 319-331 (PDF)

Piquero, A., Fagan, J., Mulvey, E., Steinberg, L., & Odgers, C.  (2006). Developmental trajectories of legal socialization among serious adolescent offenders.  Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 96, 101-133. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., Blatt-Eisengart, I., & Cauffman, E. (2006).  Patterns of competence and adjustment among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful homes: Replication in a sample of serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 47-58. (PDF)

Gardner, M., & Steinberg, L. (2005). Peer influence on risk-taking, risk preference, and risky decision-making in adolescence and adulthood: An experimental study. Developmental Psychology, 41, 625-635. (PDF)

Grisso, T, & Steinberg, L. (2005). Between a rock and a soft place: Developmental research and the child advocacy process. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 619-627. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2005). Cognitive and affective development in adolescence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 69-74. (PDF)