1. The Evolution of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice Reform, 88;See Elizabeth;J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY,1997
2. Since adolescents have not lived as long as their adult counterparts, they are less aware of their options, less able to identify and weigh alternatives, and less able to appreciate the long-term consequences of decision;See Laurence Steinberg;Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence: Developmental Immaturity, Diminished Responsibility, and the Juvenile Death Penalty, 58 AM. PSYCHOLOGIST 1009,1996
3. supra note 96, at 159 (citing Laurence Steinberg, Risk Taking in Adolescence: New Perspectives From Brain and Behavioral Science, 16 CURRENT DIRECTIONS;& Bishop;PSYCHOL. SCI,2007