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Early Life Adversity Reduces Stress Reactivity and Enhances Impulsive Behavior: Implications for Health Behaviors
Keywords Childhood trauma; Abuse; Impulsivity; Stress; Addiction; Children; Alcohol; early life adversity; stress reactivity; cortisol; affect; cognition; addiction(2013)
Doe 76C v. Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis
(2012)
Thompson v. State
Keywords death sentence; trauma; PTSD; dissociation(2012)
Civilian PTSD Symptoms and Risk for Involvement in the Criminal Justice System
Keywords post-traumatic stress disorder; criminal justice; recidivism; trauma; violence exposure(2012)
Aligning justice system processing with developmental science
Keywords legal treatment of young offenders; psychosocial maturity; age of culpability; rehabilitation; reduced sentences for young adults; reentry programs(2012)
Aligning Justice System Processing with Developmental Science
Keywords emerging adulthood; human and social costs of incarceration(2012)
Considerations for Imaging the Adolescent Brain
Keywords Brain scans ; Brain development ; Teenage years ; Insights ; Behavior ; Factors ; Puberty ; Sleep patterns ; Pregnancy; Developmental neuroscience; Adolescent brain development; MRI(2012)
Development of the Social Brain in Adolescence
Keywords Brain development; Brain scans; Children; Adults; Theory of mind(2012)
Risk Taking and the Adolescent Reward System: a Potential Common Link to Substance Abuse
Keywords Risk-taking; drug use; gambling task; brain development; behavior; young adults; MRI; gray matter; ventral striatum(2012)
Paula E v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services
Keywords substance use; termination of parental rights; domestic violence; visitation rights; Alaskan Supreme Court; removal from parents(2012)
Jackson v. State
Keywords MDMA; firearms convictions; mental illness defenses; sufficiency of evidence; convictions(2012)
Romero v. State
Keywords LWOP sentence; second-degree murder; Graham v. Florida; juveniles; non-homicide cases; murder conviction; emerging adults(2012)
State v. Wright
Keywords death sentence; expert testimony; heroin addiction; withdrawal; cognitive limits; Miranda waiver(2012)
Conley v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama; aggravating circumstances; mitigating circumstances(2012)
Montana Cannabis Industry Ass'n v. State
Keywords medical marijuana law; rational basis review; advertising bans(2012)