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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)
The Slow Drip of Decarceration: Reversing the Flood of Mass Incarceration and Its Racist Impact
Keywords racial disparities; mass incarceration; decarceration; rehabilitation; clemency; release; post-conviction relief(2024)
A Cross-Clinic Collaboration: How an Amicus Brief Helped Create Judicial Recognition of Adultification Bias in Juvenile Sentencing
Keywords adultification bias; race; civil rights; sentencing disparities; legal standards(2024)
Shrinking the Footprint of the Criminal Legal System Through Policies Informed by Psychology and Neuroscience
Keywords legal system (U.S.); criminal behavior; neuroscience; policy change; solitary confinement; legal definition of insanity(2024)
A Path Toward Race-Conscious Standards for Youth: Translating Adultification Bias Theory into Doctrinal Interventions in Criminal Court
Keywords adultification bias; disproportionate sentencing; racism; racial bias; doctrinal intervention(2024)
Amending New Jersey’s Expungement Law to Reflect the Historical Treatment of Juveniles: Juveniles Deserve a Second Chance
Keywords juvenile delinquency; rehabilitation; human and social costs of incarceration; expungement; juvenile expungement; New Jersey expungement statute(2024)
Degradation or Redemption? A Parole Board Polices a Moral Boundary
Keywords Parole board; moral significance; criminal record; incarceration(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)
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)
Associations Between Age, Social Reward Processing and Social Anxiety Symptoms
Keywords adolescence; social reward; social anxiety; reward sensitivity; reward processing; social processing; motivational processing(2023)
Fletcher v. Alaska
Keywords Juvenile sentencing; Eighth Amendment; Proportionality principle; juvenile justice reform; cruel and unusual punishment(2023)
Application for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief and Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae ACLU, ACLU of Northern California, et al., in Support of Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords youthful offender; race; mass incarceration; racial disparity; overincarceration; super predator myth; black youth; people of color; excessive sentences; death sentence; LWOP; felony murder; de facto life sentence; parole eligibility; strict scrutiny; Equal Protection; suspect classification; first degree murder(2023)
Application to File Amici Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Brief of Amici Curiae for the Santa Clara County Independent Defense Counsel Office (“IDO”) in Support of Defendant and Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords adoelscent brain; brain development;; equal protection; racial disparities; behavior; socioeconomic disparities; diminished culpability; youth parole; youthful offender; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; youthful offender parole; first degree murder(2023)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and RISE for Youth
Keywords youth interrogation; access to counsel; Fifth Amendment (U.S.); law enforcement in schools; racial disparities; Black youth; confessions(2023)