Research on children, families and the law, including adolescent decision making in legal contexts, especially adolescent competence to consent to sexual activity; adolescent development and juvenile justice; risk and protective factors in youth violence and their implication for preventive interventions in the community, especially justice and educational settings; police interrogation of children and youth; female youthful offenders, teen violence in dating relationships; and other issues related to the legal system and public policy. Also community psychology and prevention science as they impact children and families. Finally, Reppucci is affiliated with the Program on Risk and Prevention in the Curry School of Education at UVA.
Selected Publications
Reppucci, N.D. (1999)Adolescent development and juvenile justice, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, 27, 307-326.
Meyer, J., Reppucci, N.D., & Owen, J. (2005) Criminalizing childhood: The shifting boundaries of responsibility in the justice and school systems. In K. Freeark & W. Davidson (Eds) THE CRISIS IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH: CRITICAL ISSUES AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, VOL 3: ISSUES FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, Praeger Publications
Trivits, L., & Reppucci, N.D. (2002) The application of Megan's Law to juveniles. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, 57, 690-704.
Reppucci, N.D., (2004) An accidental community psychologist, JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY, 28, 41-62.
Odgers, C., Moretti, M., & Reppucci, N.D. (2005) Examining the science and practice of violence risk assessment with female adolescents, LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 29, 7-27.
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