📖 New Book Alert!
Across the country, emerging adults, those standing at the threshold of adulthood, are sentenced under laws that treat them as fully mature offenders, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. And nowhere is this gap more devastating than in states with mandatory minimums, where judges are blocked from considering trauma, development, or context.
Unfinished Adults confronts this crisis head‑on. I expose how mandatory minimums funnel young people into decades‑long sentences that would be unconstitutional had they committed the same offense just days earlier as juveniles. The research, the constitutional challenges, and the real cases all point to the same truth: rigid sentencing schemes ignore proportionality and fail both justice and public safety.
This book is a call to action. Recognizing emerging adulthood isn’t leniency, it’s accuracy. It’s constitutional. And it’s necessary if we’re serious about building a justice system that doesn’t treat unfinished adults as disposable.
It’s time to confront the evidence, rethink mandatory minimums, and build sentencing frameworks that reflect what science, fairness, and humanity demand.
📘 Available Fall 2026 on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Dr. Shanesha S. Scott
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