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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(2024)
"Children Are Different" and Their Lawyers Should Be Too
Keywords In re Gault; right to counsel; ineffective counsel; reforms to right to counsel(2024)
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(2024)
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(2024)
Adolescents Engage in More Risky Decision Making
Keywords neuroscience; adolescence; neurobiological maturity; self-control; social influence(2024)
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(2024)
Shrinking the Footprint of the Criminal Legal System Through Policies Informed by Psychology and Neuroscience
Keywords legal system (U.S.); criminal behavior; neuroscience; policy change; solitary confinement; legal definition of insanity(2024)
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(2024)
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(2024)
The Case for Second Chances: A Pathway to Decarceration in Maine
Keywords mass incarceration; decarceration; parole; clemency; Maine Criminal Code(2024)
Juvenile Life Without Parole in Pennsylvania: Age, Cognitive Immaturity, and Culpability
Keywords juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; cognitive immaturity; legal culpability(2024)
Child Sexual Abuse Victimization Amongst Detained Adolescents and Incarcerated Young Adults: Findings from an Australian Population-Based Birth Cohort Study
Keywords incarceration; youth detention; custodial; sexual abuse; maltreatment; adverse childhood experiences; administrative data; linkage(2024)
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(2024)
Investigating the neurobiology of maternal opioid use disorder and prenatal opioid exposure using brain organoid technology
Keywords brain organoids; brain spheroids; induced pluripotent stem cells; opioid use disorder; opioids; prenatal opioid exposure(2024)
Cannabis use may attenuate neurocognitive performance deficits resulting from methamphetamine use disorder
Keywords cannabis; cognition; memory; methamphetamine; neuroprotection; substance use disorder(2024)