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Brief of the Due Process Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords emerging adult; Miller; LWOP; life without parole; extension of Miller; 18-20 year olds; young adult(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, et al. in Support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance
Keywords firearms; young adult; brain maturation; Second Amendment; brain development; impulse control; age-based regulations; gun violence; public safety; age twenty-one(2021)
Brief of Advocates for Child Victims of Domestic Violence as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; trauma; mitigating evidence; moral culpability; childhood abuse; mental health; ACEs(2021)
Brief of Eight Million Stories and Lone Star Justice Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords childhood poverty; race; mitigating evidence; school-to-prison pipeline; habeas corpus; Black youth(2021)
Amicus Curiae Brief for Children’s Defense Fund, et al., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigating evidence; youthful offender; antipsychotics; childhood trauma; mental health; solitary confinement; youth-centered expert testimony; antipsychotic medication(2021)
Brief of National Alliance on Mental Illness and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; mental illness; mitigating evidence; childhood abuse; trauma; childhood trauma(2021)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Robert Earl Hawkins in Support of John Antonio Poole
Keywords prefrontal cortex; LWOP; Miller; Montgomery; hallmark features of youth; neurobiological research; lesser blameworthiness; ages 18-25; young adult; emerging adults; impulsivity; murder(2021)
Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity
Keywords children; childhood; stress; trauma; behavior; brain development; environment; early-life stress; adversity; stress neurobiology; child maltreatment(2021)
The Law, the Science, and the Logic of Ending the Teenage Death Penalty
Keywords Death penalty; Roper; Adolescence; Penological objectives; Miller; Eighth Amendment(2021)
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(2021)
Adolescent Brain Development and Contextual Influences: a Decade in Review
Keywords Adolescence; Behavior; Brain development(2021)
Making the "C-ACE" for a Culturally-informed Adverse Childhood Experiences Framework to Understand the Pervasive Mental Health Impact of Racism on Black Youth
Keywords Racism; Trauma; Black; Adolescents; Stress; Racial trauma; Adverse childhood experiences; Black youth; Traumatic stress(2021)
Responsible Use of Open-Access Developmental Data: the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (abcd) Study
Keywords Children; development; brain; behavior; neuroscience; psychology; review(2021)
The perceptions of juvenile judges regarding adolescent development in evaluating juvenile competency
Keywords psychosocial factors; juvenile competency; adjudicative competency; adolescent development(2020)
Adolescent Substance Use and the Brain: Behavioral, Cognitive and Neuroimaging Correlates
Keywords Impulsivity; Risky behaviors; Drugs; Addiction; Adolescence; Brain development; youth; addiction; drug; abuse psychology; special population(2020)