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State v. Borlase
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual punishment; North Carolina statute on sentencing; rehabilitation; permanent incorrigibility; mitigating factors of youth(2024)
State v. Hauschultz
Keywords access to counsel for youth; youth interrogation ; Miranda warnings; adolescent brain development; juvenile justice; juvenile rights; custodial interrogation(2024)
Motion of Forty Developmental Science Scholars and Nonprofits for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Support of Appellants; Brief of Amici Curiae
Keywords People v. Parks; Michigan Constitution; mandatory life without parole; mandatory LWOP; late adolescence; mitigating characteristics of youth; Miller v. Alabama; Roper v. Simmons; developmental neuroscience; Graham v. Florida; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2024)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior in Support of Appellant Evan McCarrick Jerald
Keywords Adolescent development; Neuroscience; Adolescent decison-making; Impulsivity; Future discounting; Peer influence; Risky decision-making; Adolescent brain development; Brain development; Criminal behavior; Self-desistance; Maturation; Evidence-based treatment(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, ACLU of New Jersey, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Gault Center, Juvenile Law Center, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, & Sentencing Project
(2024)
The association between delinquent peer affiliation and disruptive behavior interacts with functional brain correlates of reward sensitivity: A biosocial interaction study in adolescent delinquents
Keywords biosocial criminology; childhood arrestees; conduct disorder; delinquent peer affiliation; disruptive behavioral disorder; fMRI; reward sensitivity; ventral striatum; amygdala; mPFC; DISC; youth delinquents(2024)
The Miller Trilogy, Jones, and the Future of Juvenile Sentencing and Constitutional Interpretation in the Post-Jones America
Keywords juvenile sentencing; extreme punishment; Miller; Jones v. Mississippi; sentencing reform; United States(2024)
Peer Assumption: An Illusory Consensus Hidden in the Criminal Responsibility of Juvenile Offender— Evidence from Psychology
Keywords juvenile delinquent; criminal responsibility; dialectical thinking; self control; empathy(2024)
Past, Prologue, and Constitutional Limits on Criminal Penalties
Keywords Criminal punishment reform; Rehabilitation-focused sentencing; Proportionate-penalties clause; Constitutional law; Sentencing proportionality; Restorative justice; Mass incarceration(2024)
Neuroscience and the Criminal Legal System: A Humanitarian Application Framework
Keywords neuroscience; mass incarceration; free will; retribution; recidivism; neurolaw; humanitarian application framework; neurorights(2024)
Advancing Racial Justice Through the Restatement of Children and the Law
Keywords Restatement of Children and the Law; racial bias; disparate treatment; juvenile justice system; adolescent development; racial justice; procedural protections(2024)
Light Cannabis Use and the Adolescent Brain: An 8‑years Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health, Cognition, and Reward Processing
Keywords cannabis; adolescence; reward processing; cognitive functioning; psychopathology; brain activity; conduct problems; hyperactivity/inattention; longitudinal study; IMAGEN study(2024)
The end of “permanently incorrigible”: Putting Jones v. Mississippi into context
Keywords Jones v. Mississippi; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile sentencing; developmental psychology; rehabilitation; permanent incorrigibility(2024)
What Goes Up but Never Comes Down? Juvenile Punitive Practice Within the United States
Keywords Youth; solitary confinement; neglect; education; counseling; prison conditions for youth(2024)
Disparities in sentencing: Creating a “Benchcard” on brain development to incorporate neuroscience research
Keywords Industrial Prison Complex; IPC; Mass incarceration; disparate impact; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; brain development research; sentencing guidelines(2024)