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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroeconomic Approach to Adolescent Decision Making
Keywords Neuroscience; adolescence; brain development; risky decision-making; social decision-making; neuroeconomics(2013)
The Teenage Brain: Adolescent Brain Research and the Law
Keywords Adolescence; brain science; law; public policy; risk taking; drug and alcohol use; criminal justice(2013)
The Teenage Brain: Peer Influences on Adolescent Decision-Making
Keywords neurodevelopment; peer influence; decision making; self-regulation; risk taking(2013)
The Teenage Brain: Self Control
Keywords Adolescence; puberty; independence; mortality rate; suicide; homicide; self-control; impulses; emotions(2013)
Trauma Histories Among Justice-involved Youth: Findings from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Keywords Juvenile justice; Mental health; Trauma; PTSD; Adolescents; NCTSN; delinquency; age of onset(2013)
White Matter Integrity, Substance Use, and Risk Taking in Adolescence
Keywords DTI; risk taking; white matter; marijuana; alcohol; adolescence(2013)
Aligning Justice System Processing with Developmental Science
Keywords emerging adulthood; human and social costs of incarceration(2012)
Considerations for Imaging the Adolescent Brain
Keywords Brain scans ; Brain development ; Teenage years ; Insights ; Behavior ; Factors ; Puberty ; Sleep patterns ; Pregnancy; Developmental neuroscience; Adolescent brain development; MRI(2012)
Development of the Social Brain in Adolescence
Keywords Brain development; Brain scans; Children; Adults; Theory of mind(2012)
Risk Taking and the Adolescent Reward System: a Potential Common Link to Substance Abuse
Keywords Risk-taking; drug use; gambling task; brain development; behavior; young adults; MRI; gray matter; ventral striatum(2012)
Paula E v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services
Keywords substance use; termination of parental rights; domestic violence; visitation rights; Alaskan Supreme Court; removal from parents(2012)
Romero v. State
Keywords LWOP sentence; second-degree murder; Graham v. Florida; juveniles; non-homicide cases; murder conviction; emerging adults(2012)
Conley v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama; aggravating circumstances; mitigating circumstances(2012)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; murder; Graham; intent to kill; felony murder; juvenile culpability; juvenile blameworthiness(2012)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Appellees and Urging Affirmance
Keywords Fourth Amendment (U.S.); strip searches; Special Needs Test; juveniles; adolescents; suspicionless strip searches; probable cause; minors; children; teenagers; reasonable suspicion; individualized suspicion; adolescent vulnerability; adolescent development; trauma; Body ID policy; intrusive searches(2012)