Traditional approaches to understanding and responding to children and crime are fundamentally based on ‘miniaturised’ adult models. The assumption appears to be that children are adults in the making, essentially just smaller, developing versions of grown-ups. This view of children is increasingly being challenged. Children are not simply putative adults, they are different, distinct and developing. This article sets out to explore the notion that children essentially think and behave ‘in the moment’. The implications of this for our understanding of children and crime are also explored.

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儿童与犯罪：当下

理解和应对儿童和犯罪的传统方法基本上是基于“小型化”的成人模型。假设似乎是儿童是正在形成的成年人，本质上只是较小的、发展中的成年人。这种儿童观正日益受到挑战。儿童不仅仅是假定的成年人，他们是不同的、独特的和发展中的。本文旨在探讨儿童本质上是“当下”思考和行为的概念。还探讨了这对我们理解儿童和犯罪的影响。