International Research on
Juveniles' Legal Decision-
Making Capacities.
The Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab collaborates with researchers and juvenile justice stakeholders across the globe, with a focus on South America and, in particular, Argentina.
Dr. Goldstein and the JJR&R Lab collaborate on a variety of international and cross-cultural research projects on juveniles' legal decision-making capacities. For example, with funding from Argentina's National Ministry of Education, they examined juveniles' competence to stand trial in Argentina, generating empirical data to inform legislative debate about lowering the age at which youth can be charged with a crime. They also conducted a cross-cultural analysis of suspects' rights during police interrogations to identify ways in which legal and cultural experiences in a country of origin may impact immigrants' capacities to assert their Miranda rights while in the United States.
In addition to generating cross-cultural data on youths' legal decision-making abilities to inform policy and practice reform, the international collaborative team has produced Spanish translations—with important legal and cultural adaptations—of established forensic assessment instruments.
Since 2011, Dr. Goldstein has held a faculty appointment in Argentina's National University of La Plata (UNLP) in the Department of Psychiatry, within the School of Medicine. She currently serves on the Graduate Faculty, where she conducts research, co-teaches courses, and co-sponsors study abroad opportunities for Drexel University and UNLP students.
Dr. Goldstein and other JJR&R Lab members offer trainings, workshops, and presentations in English and Spanish.
Dr. Goldstein and the JJR&R Lab collaborate on a variety of international and cross-cultural research projects on juveniles' legal decision-making capacities. For example, with funding from Argentina's National Ministry of Education, they examined juveniles' competence to stand trial in Argentina, generating empirical data to inform legislative debate about lowering the age at which youth can be charged with a crime. They also conducted a cross-cultural analysis of suspects' rights during police interrogations to identify ways in which legal and cultural experiences in a country of origin may impact immigrants' capacities to assert their Miranda rights while in the United States.
In addition to generating cross-cultural data on youths' legal decision-making abilities to inform policy and practice reform, the international collaborative team has produced Spanish translations—with important legal and cultural adaptations—of established forensic assessment instruments.
Since 2011, Dr. Goldstein has held a faculty appointment in Argentina's National University of La Plata (UNLP) in the Department of Psychiatry, within the School of Medicine. She currently serves on the Graduate Faculty, where she conducts research, co-teaches courses, and co-sponsors study abroad opportunities for Drexel University and UNLP students.
Dr. Goldstein and other JJR&R Lab members offer trainings, workshops, and presentations in English and Spanish.
