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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)
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