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State v. Suarez
Keywords resentencing; Comer; juveniles; under 18; emerging adults; murder; robbery(2025)
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(2024)
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(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)
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)
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)
State v. Carter; State v. Reite
Keywords determinate resentences; LWOP; 18-20-year-olds; Monschke; rehabilitation; Anderson; rehabilitation(2024)
State v. Abruzia
Keywords resentencing; Comer review; juveniles; robberies; ineligible; remanded; under 18; emerging adults(2024)
People v. Poole
Keywords People v. Parks; mandatory life without parole; LWOP; cruel and unusual punishment; proportionality; resentencing(2024)