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Large‐scale investigation of white matter structural differences in bilingual and monolingual children: An adolescent brain cognitive development data study

Keywords bilingualism; brain development; language network; white matter

Adolescents Engage in More Risky Decision Making

Keywords neuroscience; adolescence; neurobiological maturity; self-control; social influence

Black Girls and the Pipeline from Sexual Abuse to Sexual Exploitation to Prison

Keywords child sexual abuse; black girls; juvenile justice; abuse to prison pipeline; trauma

Amending New Jersey’s Expungement Law to Reflect the Historical Treatment of Juveniles: Juveniles Deserve a Second Chance

Keywords juvenile record; rehabilitation; collateral consequences; discretionary juvenile record expunction

The Slow Drip of Decarceration: Reversing the Flood of Mass Incarceration and Its Racist Impact

Keywords racial disparities; mass incarceration; decarceration; rehabilitation; clemency; release; post-conviction relief

"Children Are Different" and Their Lawyers Should Be Too

Keywords In re Gault; right to counsel; ineffective counsel; reforms to right to counsel

A Path Toward Race-Conscious Standards for Youth: Translating Adultification Bias Theory into Doctrinal Interventions in Criminal Court

Keywords adultification bias; disproportionate sentencing; racism; racial bias; doctrinal intervention

A Cross-Clinic Collaboration: How an Amicus Brief Helped Create Judicial Recognition of Adultification Bias in Juvenile Sentencing

Keywords adultification bias; race; civil rights; sentencing disparities; legal standards

The Juvenile Restoration Act Year One — October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022

Keywords Juvenile Restoration Act; sentence reduction; young offenders; release; reentry

The second look movement: A review of the nation's sentence review laws

Keywords Mass incarceration; life sentences; mandatory minimums; deterrent effect on crime; ineffective parole system; judicial review; sentencing reconsideration; second look movement; Graham v. Florida; Miller v. Alabama; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP

Criteria and Procedures for Meaningful Parole Review for People Sentenced as Youth

Keywords Juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment jurisprudence; parole hearings; youth as a mitigating factor; post-crime maturity; rehabilitation

Degradation or Redemption? A Parole Board Polices a Moral Boundary

Keywords Parole board; moral significance; criminal record; incarceration

Disparities in sentencing: Creating a “Benchcard” on brain development to incorporate neuroscience research

Keywords Industrial Prison Complex; IPC; Mass incarceration; disparate impact; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; brain development research; sentencing guidelines

What Goes Up but Never Comes Down? Juvenile Punitive Practice Within the United States

Keywords Youth; solitary confinement; neglect; education; counseling; prison conditions for youth

The end of “permanently incorrigible”: Putting Jones v. Mississippi into context

Keywords Jones v. Mississippi; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile sentencing; developmental psychology; rehabilitation; permanent incorrigibility

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