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Brief of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords cognitive deficiencies; adolescent brain; capital punishment; death penalty; execution; risky behavior; impulsivity; adolescent vulnerability; brain activity(2004)
Competence, Culpability, and Punishment: Implications of Atkins for Executing and Sentencing Adolescents
Keywords Supreme Court; blameworthiness; capital punishment; proportionality; death penalty; developmental impairments; older adolescents; Atkins v. Virginia; judgment; impulse control; psychological characteristics; developmental characteristics; reduced culpability; mitigating factors(2003)
State v. Standard
Keywords juvenile offender; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; burglary(2002)
Brief of Center on Children & the Law; Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice; Children & Family Justice Center; and Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Lionel Tate, Appellant
Keywords infancy defense; children; capacy to commit a crime; transfers to criminal court; due process; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); equal protection; life without the possibility of parole; LWOP; competence; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2002)
Criminal decision making: The development of adolescent judgment, criminal responsibility, and culpability
Keywords psychosocial factors; temporal perspective; peer influence; risk perception; adolescent criminal decision-making(2001)
State v. Peralto
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; mental disabilities; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; consecutive life sentences(2001)
Youth Law Center Brief in Support of Petitioners
Keywords transfers; transfer to adult court; juveniles; public safety; harm; youth; youth of color; racial disparities(2001)
Non-Party Brief of Juvenile Law Center and National Center for Youth Law in Support of Douglas D.
Keywords safety; school violence; juvenile court; adolescents(2000)
Emerging Adulthood. a Theory of Development from the Late Teens Through the Twenties
Keywords Emerging adulthood; late childhood; early adulthood; development; self-discovery; culture(2000)
Minor Physical Anomalies and Family Adversity as Risk Factors for Violent Delinquency in Adolescence
Keywords Birth defects; fetal development; behavioral problems; psychiatric disorders; delinquency; family adversity; socioeconomic status; longitudinal study(2000)
Johnson v. Texas
Keywords juvenile sentencing; future dangerousness; mitigating factors of youth(1993)
State v. Pratt
Keywords juvenile sentencing; murder; diminished culpability of children; waiver to adult court(1988)
Thompson v. Oklahoma
Keywords juvenile sentencing; Roper v. Simmons; death penalty; Oklahoma(1988)
State v. R.G.D.
Keywords juvenile sentencing; aggravating factors; mitigating factors; individualized sentencing(1987)
W.M.F. v. Alaska
Keywords juvenile sentencing; due process; amenability; waiver to adult court(1986)