Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.

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Recent Publications:

Monahan, K.,Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2013). Age differences in the impact of employment on antisocial behavior.Child Development. Available online ahead of publication, December 2012. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12031 (Available by request).

Shulman, E.,Steinberg, L., & Piquero, A. (2013). The age-crime curve in adolescence and early adulthood is not due to age differences in economic status. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Available online ahead of publication, April, 2013. DOI 10.1007/s10964-013-9950-4 (PDF).

Steinberg, L. (2013). Does recent research on adolescent brain development inform the mature minor doctrine? Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. Available online ahead of publication, April, 2013. DOI:10.1093/jmp/jht017 (PDF).

Sweeten, G., Piquero, A., &Steinberg, L. (2013). Age and the explanation of crime, revisited. Journal of Youth and Adolescenc. Available online ahead of publication, February, 2013. DOI 10.1007/s10964-013-9926-4 (PDF).

Albert, D., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2013). Peer influences on adolescent decision-making. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 80-86. (PDF)

Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (2012). Emerging findings from research on adolescent development and juvenile justice. Victims and Offenders, 7, 428-449. (PDF)

Monahan, K., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (in press). Age differences in the impact of employment on antisocial behavior. Child Development. (Available on request).

Dmitrieva, J., Monahan, K., Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (2012). Arrested development: The effects of incarceration on the development of psychosocial maturity. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 1073-1090. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2012). Should the science of adolescent brain development inform public policy? Issues in Science and Technology, Spring, 67-78. (PDF)

O’Brien, L., Albert, D., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Adolescents prefer more immediate rewards when in the presence of their peers. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 747-753 (PDF).

Chein, J., Albert, D., O’Brien, L., Uckert, K., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Peers increase adolescent risk taking by enhancing activity in the brain’s reward circuitry. Developmental Science, 14, F1–F10. (PDF)

Albert, D., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Age differences in strategic planning as indexed by the Tower of London. Child Development, 82, 1501-1517. (PDF)

Burchinal, M., McCartney, K., Steinberg, L., Crosnoe, R., Friedman, S., & McLoyd, V. (2011). Examining the black-white achievement gap using the NICHD study of early child care and youth development. Child Development, 82, 1404-1420. (PDF)

Albert, D., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Judgment and decision making in adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 211-224. (PDF)

Albert, D., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Peer influences on adolescent risk behavior. In M. Bardo, D. Fishbein, & R. Milich (Eds.), Inhibitory control and drug abuse prevention: From research to translation. (Part 3, pp. 211-226). New York: Springer. (PDF)

Williams, L., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Reciprocal relations between parenting and adjustment in a sample of juvenile offenders. Child Development, 82, 633-645. (PDF)

Chung, H., Mulvey, E., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Understanding the school outcomes of juvenile offenders: An exploration of neighborhood influences and motivational resources. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 1025-1038. (PDF)

Goldweber, A., Cauffman, E., Dmitrieva, J., Piquero, A., & Steinberg, L. (2011). The development of criminal style in adolescence and young adulthood: Separating the lemmings from the loners. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 332–346. (PDF)

Lee, J., Steinberg, L., Piquero, A., & Knight, G. (2011). Identity-linked perceptions of the police among African American juvenile offenders: A developmental perspective. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 23-37. (PDF)

Lee, J., Steinberg, L., & Piquero, A. (2010). Ethnic identity and attitudes toward the police among African American juvenile offenders. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38, 781–789. (PDF)

Monahan, K., Lee, J., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Revisiting the negative impact of part-time work on adolescent adjustment: Distinguishing between selection and socialization using propensity score matching. Child Development, 82, 96-112. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., & Monahan, K. (2011). Adolescents’ exposure to sexy media does not hasten the initiation of sexual intercourse. Developmental Psychology, 47, 562-576. (PDF)

Loughran, T., Mulvey, E., Schubert, C., Chassin, L., Steinberg, L., Piquero, A., Fagan, J., Cota-Robles, S., Cauffman, E., & Losoya, S. (2010). Differential effects of adult court transfer on juvenile offender recidivism. Law and Human Behavior, 34, 476–488. (PDF)

Schubert, C., Mulvey, E., Loughran, T., Fagan, J., Chassin, L., Piquero, A., Losoya, S., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2010). Predicting outcomes for transferred youth: Findings and policy implications. Law and Human Behavior, 34, 460–475. (PDF)

Vandell, D., Belsky, J., Burchinal, M., Steinberg, L., Vandergrift, N., & The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network. (2010). Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years? Child Development, 81, 737-756. (PDF)

Chassin, L., Dmietrieva, J., Modecki, K., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., Piquero, A., Knight, G., & Losoya, S. (2010). Does adolescent alcohol and marijuana use predict suppressed growth in psychosocial maturity? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24, 48-60. (PDF)

Mulvey, E., Steinberg, L., Piquero, A., Besana, M., Fagan, J., Schubert, C., & Cauffman, E. (2010). Trajectories of desistance and continuity in antisocial behavior following court adjudication among serious adolescent offenders. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 453-475. (PDF)

Roisman, G., Monahan, K., Campbell, S., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., & The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network. (2010). Is adolescence-onset antisocial behavior developmentally normative? Development and Psychopathology, 22, 295-311. (PDF)

Chassin, L., Dmietrieva, J., Modecki, K., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., Piquero, A., Knight, G., & Losoya, S. (2010). Does adolescent alcohol and marijuana use predict suppressed growth in psychosocial maturity? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24, 48-60. (PDF)

Piquero, A., & Steinberg, L. (2010). Public preferences for rehabilitation versus incarceration of juvenile offenders. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38, 1-6. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2010). A dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 216-224. (PDF)

Belsky, J., Steinberg, L., Houts, R., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2010). The development of reproductive strategy in females: Maternal harshness --> earlier menarche --> increased sexual risk taking. Developmental Psychology, 46, 120-128. (PDF)

Cauffman, E., Shulman, E., Steinberg, L., Claus, E., Banich, M., Graham, S., & Woolard, J. (2010). Age differences in affective decision making as indexed by performance on the Iowa Gambling Task. Developmental Psychology, 46, 193-207. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2010). A behavioral scientist looks at the science of adolescent brain development. Brain and Cognition, 72, 160-164. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., & Piquero, A. (2010). Manipulating public opinion about trying juveniles as adults: An experimental study. Crime & Delinquency, 50, 487-506. (PDF)

Monahan, K., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2009). Affiliation with antisocial peers, susceptibility to peer influence, and desistance from antisocial behavior during the transition to adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 45, 1520-1530. (PDF)

Monahan, K., Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., & Mulvey, E. (2009). Trajectories of antisocial behavior and psychosocial maturity from adolescence to young adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 45, 1654-1668. (PDF)

Scott, E., & Steinberg, L. (2009, November 14). The young and the reckless. The New York Times, p. A21. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2009). Should the science of adolescent brain development inform public policy? American Psychologist, 64, 739-750. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., Woolard, J., Graham, S., & Banich, M. (2009). Are adolescents less mature than adults? Minors’ access to abortion, the juvenile death penalty, and the alleged APA “flip-flop”. American Psychologist, 64, 583-594. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., Graham, S., O'Brien, L., Woolard, J., Cauffman, E., & Banich, M. (2009). Age differences in future orientation and delay discounting. Child Development, 80, 28-44. (PDF)

Steinberg, L. (2009). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5, 47-73. (PDF)

Steinberg, L., Albert, D., Cauffman, E., Banich, M., Graham, S., & Woolard, J. (2008). Age differences in sensation seeking and impulsivity as indexed by behavior and self-report: Evidence for a dual systems model. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1764-1777. (PDF)

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, 4, 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)

Steinberg, L., & Scott, E. (2003). Less guilty by reason of adolescence: Developmental immaturity, diminished responsibility, and the juvenile death penalty. American Psychologist, 58, 1009-1018. (PDF)