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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)
People v. Poole
Keywords People v. Parks; mandatory life without parole; LWOP; cruel and unusual punishment; proportionality; resentencing(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)
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)
Criteria and Procedures for Meaningful Parole Review for People Sentenced as Youth
Keywords Juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment jurisprudence; parole hearings; youth as a mitigating factor; post-crime maturity; rehabilitation(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)
Differential item functioning in reports of delinquent behavior between Black and White youth: Evidence of measurement bias in self-reports of arrest in the adolescent brain cognitive development study
Keywords Differential Item Functioning; measurement bias; delinquency; racial group differences; adolescent brain cognitive development study(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)
Neuroscience and the Criminal Legal System: A Humanitarian Application Framework
Keywords neuroscience; mass incarceration; free will; retribution; recidivism; neurolaw; humanitarian application framework; neurorights(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)
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)
Adolescents Engage in More Risky Decision Making
Keywords neuroscience; adolescence; neurobiological maturity; self-control; social influence(2024)
Brief of Disability Rts. Tex. & Legal Action Ctr. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
(2023)
Brief of N.Y. Soc’y of Addiction Med., et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
(2023)