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Brief of the Equal Justice Initiative on Behalf of Dozens Sentenced to Die in Prison When They Were Children as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; JLWOP; Miller; retroactive relief(2015)
Brief of Northwestern University School of Law’s Children and Family Justice Center and Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; hallmark characteristics of youth; impulsivity; immaturity; susceptibility to peer pressure; transient immaturity(2015)
Amici Curiae Brief of Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellant, Robert C.
Keywords capacity to commit a crime; reasonable child standard; self-defense; trauma; reasonable belief; age; child development(2015)
Brief of Washington Defender Association et al. on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords neurological development; intellectual disability; culpability; blameworthiness; prefrontal cortex; brain; grey matter(2015)
Brain Science and the Theory of Juvenile Mens Rea
Keywords juvenile justice; Eighth Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Miranda v. Arizona; Roper v. Simmons; Graham v. Florida; Miller v. Alabama; J.D.B. v. North Carolina; mens rea(2015)
Exiting and Returning to the Parental Home for Boomerang Kids
Keywords home leaving; home returning; transition to adulthood; economic status; mental health; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997(2015)
Family Income, Parental Education and Brain Structure in Children and Adolescents
Keywords Children; Family; Income; Brain surface area; Brain development(2015)
Longitudinal Changes in Adolescent Risk-taking: a Comprehensive Study of Neural Responses to Rewards, Pubertal Development, and Risk-Taking Behavior
Keywords Risk taking; Adolescents; Brain development; Rewards; Hormones; Puberty; Adolescence; reward processing; risk-taking(2015)
Multiple Accounts of Adolescent Impulsivity
Keywords Adults; teenagers; impulsivity; brain scans(2015)
Neurocognitive Bases of Emotion Regulation Development in Adolescence
Keywords Adolescence; Emotion regulation; Prefrontal cortex; fMRI; Psychopathology(2015)
Developmental Trends in False Memory Across Adolescence and Young Adulthood: a Comparison of Drm and Memory Conformity Paradigms
Keywords Memory; Eye witness; Teenagers(2015)
Child Poverty and Adult Success
Keywords Low incomes ; Effects ; Financial struggles ; Basic needs ; High-quality education ; Living situations ; Poverty Data; Families; Children(2015)
Stereotype Threat and Racial Differences in Citizens’ Experiences of Police Encounters
Keywords Race; sex; stereotype; anxiety; justice; behavior; experiment(2015)
The Effects of Social Context and Acute Stress on Decision-making Under Uncertainty
Keywords Risk taking; Trust; Stress; Decision making; risk; social decision-making; learning(2015)
The Neuroscience of Adolescent Decision-Making
Keywords Adolescents; Rewards; Uncertainty; Brain development; Decision making(2015)