Resource Library
Gonzales v. Oregon
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; physician-assisted suicide; prescription drugs; state-authorized; doctors prescribing drugs(2006)
Development of the Adolescent Brain: Implications for Executive Function and Social Cognition
Keywords Brain scans ; Teenagers ; Decision making ; Social policy ; Education(2006)
Earlier Development of the Accumbens Relative to Orbitofrontal Cortex Might Underlie Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescents
Keywords accumbens; adolescent; reward; development; orbital frontal cortex; risk-taking(2006)
Debunking Myths About Trauma and Memory
Keywords memory; trauma; dissociation; amnesia; repression; posttraumatic stress disorder; sexual abuse; PTSD(2005)
Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory
(2005)
Developmental Incompetence, Due Process, and Juvenile Justice Policy
Keywords Juvenile justice system; legal reform; competency to stand trial; due process(2005)
Developmental trajectories of legal socialization among serious adolescent offenders
Keywords legal socialization; adolescence; juvenile offenders(2005)
Greeno v. Daley
Keywords Eighth Amendment; deliberate indifference; serious medical needs; inmate; medical care; specialist care(2005)
The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences in Childhood: a Convergence of Evidence from Neurobiology and Epidemiology
Keywords Child development; Adults; stress; mental health; physical health; drug use; domestic violence; neurobiology; childhood abuse; substance(2005)
Addiction Specialists, Inc. v. Township of Hampton
(2005)
Cognitive and Affective Development in Adolescence
Keywords Teenagers ; Grow ; Develop ; Scientists ; Adolescent behavior ; Brain development ; Vulnerability ; Changes ; Reorganization ; Well-being(2005)
Foelker v. Outagamie County
Keywords Methadone withdrawal; deliberate indifference; serious medical needs; medical neglect; cruel and unusual punishment(2004)
Seeing Black: Race, Crime, and Visual Processing
Keywords Decision-making; behavior; race; sex; justice(2004)
Wiggins v. Smith
Keywords ineffective assistance; childhood abuse; neglect; life sentence; evidence(2003)
Competence, Culpability, and Punishment: Implications of Atkins for Executing and Sentencing Adolescents
Keywords Supreme Court; blameworthiness; capital punishment; proportionality; death penalty; developmental impairments; older adolescents; Atkins v. Virginia; judgment; impulse control; psychological characteristics; developmental characteristics; reduced culpability; mitigating factors(2003)