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A Case for Changing the Age of Majority From 18 to 22 Years of Age in Massachusetts

Keywords Age of majority; Juvenile; Justice system; Neurological development; Recidivism; Rehabilitation; Massachusetts; Youthful offender

Examining Associations Between Genetic and Neural Risk for Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Keywords Externalizing; neurophysiology; polygenic score; P3 amplitude

Suicidality, Bullying and Other Conduct and Mental Health Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents

Keywords TBI; adolescent; suicide; bullying; conduct; mental health; brain injury

Developmental trajectories of legal socialization among serious adolescent offenders

Keywords legal socialization; adolescence; juvenile offenders

“Some Mother's Child Has Gone Astray”: Neuroscientific Approaches to a Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model of Juvenile Sentencing

Keywords adolescent brain development; therapeutic jurisprudence; retribution; rehabilitation

Detecting Mens Rea in the Brain

Keywords mens rea; knowing; reckless; model penal code; criminal law; fMRI; neuroscience

Neuroscience and the Model Penal Code's Mens Rea Categories

Keywords Neurolaw; Neuroscience; Criminal Law; Model Penal Code; Brain Imaging; Behavioral Science; Psychology

Adolescent Decision Making: Reduced Culpability in the Criminal Justice System and Recognition of Capability in Other Legal Contexts

Keywords cognitive control; adolescence; fMRI; socioeconomic status; parental monitoring; parental warmth; latent growth modeling

Prefrontal cortex structural and developmental associations with callous-unemotional traits and aggression

Keywords Callous-unemotional (CU) traits; aggression; antisocial behavior; prefrontal cortex; grey matter; neurodevelopment; cortical maturation

Differential item functioning in reports of delinquent behavior between Black and White youth: evidence of measurement bias in self-reports of arrest in the adolescent brain cognitive development study

Keywords Differential Item Functioning; measurement bias; delinquency; racial group differences; adolescent brain cognitive development study

Light Cannabis Use and the Adolescent Brain: An 8‑years Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health, Cognition, and Reward Processing

Keywords Here are 10 keywords from the content; in a comma-separated list: cannabis; adolescence; reward processing; cognitive functioning; psychopathology; brain activity; conduct problems; hyperactivity/inattention; longitudinal study; IMAGEN study

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

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

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