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The assumption that criminality is related to moral immaturity is strongly rooted in our everyday understanding. Even psychological approaches often connect delinquency with personality features, such as psychopathy or lacking empathy, implying a low degree of moral sense (Eisenhardt, 2005; Stams et al., 2006).
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Weyers, S. (2013). Juvenile Delinquency. In: Handbook of Moral Motivation. Moral Development and Citizenship Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-275-4_22
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