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Trajectories of Antisocial Behavior and Psychosocial Maturity from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Keywords psychosocial maturity; antisocial behavior; desistance(2009)
Adolescent Development and the Regulation of Youth Crime
Keywords Young adult offenders; juvenile justice system; rehabilitation; developmental differences; immaturity; juvenile death penalty; fairness; social welfare(2008)
A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-taking
Keywords Risk-taking; Adolescence; Childhood; Adults; Puberty; Rewards; Control; Peer influence; Brain Development(2008)
Childhood Psychiatric Disorders and Young Adult Crime: A Prospective, Population-Based Study
Keywords childhood psychiatric disorders; criminal behavior; young adult offenders; at-risk children; conduct disorder; psychopathology; early intervention(2007)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbidity in Detained Youth
Keywords Children; teenagers; juvenile; juvenile justice; trauma; stress; PTSD; mental health(2007)
Rational Choice and Developmental Influences on Recidivism Among Adolescent Felony Offenders
Keywords Teen crime; developmental limitations; risk evaluation; severity of punishment; procedural justice; mental health(2007)
Sociometric Status and Social Drinking: Observations of Modelling and Persuasion in Young Adult Peer Groups
Keywords Alcohol use; peers; behavior; socioeconomic status; peer influence; alcohol consumption; socioeconomic status; observations(2007)
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)
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)
Cognitive and Affective Development in Adolescence
Keywords Teenagers ; Grow ; Develop ; Scientists ; Adolescent behavior ; Brain development ; Vulnerability ; Changes ; Reorganization ; Well-being(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)
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)
Criminal decision making: The development of adolescent judgment, criminal responsibility, and culpability
Keywords psychosocial factors; temporal perspective; peer influence; risk perception; adolescent criminal decision-making(2001)