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Brief for Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party
Keywords permanent incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; Miller; Montgomery; murder; juvenile homicide offenders; characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Madge Jones, Tony Jones, Marty Jones, and Nicolle Olson in Support of Petitioner
Keywords incorrigible; transient immaturity; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole(2020)
Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); irreparable corruption; transient immaturity; Miller(2020)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); incorrigibility; Miller; Montgomery; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; individualize hearings; LWOP; life without parole(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children’s Rights Advocates in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees
Keywords climate change; youth; emotional regulation; vulnerability; brain(2020)
Girls in Juvenile Justice
Keywords Juvenile justice; Female offenders; Interpersonal violence; Gender-responsive programming; School-to-prison pipeline; Disproportionate minority contact (DMC); Racial and ethnic disparities (RED); Diversion; Decarceration; Intersectionality; Trauma-informed practice(2020)
Individual Differences in Accumbofrontal Tract Integrity Relate to Risky Decisions Under Stress in Adolescents and Adults
Keywords Stress; Decision-making; DTI; Adolescence; Accumbofrontal; Diffusion tensor imaging(2020)
Neural Processes During Adolescent Risky Decision Making Are Associated with Conformity to Peer Influence
Keywords Adolescents; Risk taking; Peer influence; Driving; fMRI; BART(2020)
Mechanisms Linking Childhood Trauma Exposure and Psychopathology: a Transdiagnostic Model of Risk and Resilience
Keywords Stress; Trauma; Adolescents; Mental health disorders; Emotional control; Aging(2020)
"Permanently Incorrigible" Is a Patently Ineffective Standard: Reforming the Administration of Juvenile Life Without Parole
Keywords juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth amendment; Miller v. Alabama; permanent incorrigibility; discretionary JLWOP sentence; mitigating factors; Montgomery v. Louisiana; Sixth Amendment(2020)
Threat Or Thrill? the Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Anxiety and Risk Taking in Adolescence
Keywords Adolescence; Anxiety; Risk taking; fMRI; Threat; Reward; Brain development(2020)
Healthy Development as a Human Right: Insights from Developmental Neuroscience for Youth Justice
Keywords Brain development; Law; Adolescence; Rights; Brain; cognition; development(2020)
Atypical Prefrontal-amygdala Circuitry Following Childhood Exposure to Abuse: Links with Adolescent Psychopathology
Keywords Child abuse; mental disorders; children; negative emotions; adverse childhood experiences; fear; emotion regulation; brain activity; psychopathology; adolescents(2019)
Childhood Adversity and Neural Development: a Systematic Review
Keywords Tough experiences ; Stress ; Childhood ; Brain development ; Teenagers ; Emotions ; Attention ; Memory; early-life stress; neurodevelopment; amygdala; hippocampus; adverse childhood experiences(2019)
Distinct and Similar Patterns of Emotional Development in Adolescents and Young Adults
Keywords Emotions; Young adults; Mental health issues; adolescence; emotional development; ex-Gaussian; reaction time; variability; young adulthood(2019)