Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.

 

Recent Publications:

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

Steinberg, L., & Piquero, A. (in press). Manipulating public opinion about trying juveniles as adults: An experimental study. Crime & Delinquency. (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.(Available from the author by request)

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)