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In re Monschke
Keywords mandatory LWOP; juvenile justice; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Washington State Supreme Court; judicial discretion in sentencing; brain development in young offenders; adolescent brain development; neuroscience
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, National Juvenile Defender Center, Children and Family Justice Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords LWOP; children; youth; adolescence; capacity for rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); developmental status; diminished culpability; diminished responsibility; lesser blameworthiness
Amicus Brief by the Promise of Justice Initiative
Keywords death penalty; execution; 21-year-old; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); brain development; delayed brain development; objective indicators; Roper
Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
Keywords Criminal justice; Drug treatment; Substance [use]; Offenders; Implementation; Psychiatry
Brief Amicus Curiae of Becky Wilson and the National Association of Victims of Juvenile Murderers in Support of Respondent
Keywords retraumatization; trauma; neuroscience; victims of juvenile murders; retroactive relief; Miller
Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Respondent
Keywords homicide; juveniles; juvenile offenders; JLWOP; LWOP
Detecting Mens Rea in the Brain
Keywords mens rea; knowing; reckless; model penal code; criminal law; fMRI; neuroscience
Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS): A team science effort to predict societal trajectories in adolescence and young adulthood
Keywords Youth development; Self-regulation; Brain imaging; Delinquency pathways; Socioeconomic status; Societal trajectories; Adolescents; Young adults
Examining Associations Between Genetic and Neural Risk for Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Keywords Externalizing; neurophysiology; polygenic score; P3 amplitude
A Case for Changing the Age of Majority From 18 to 22 Years of Age in Massachusetts
Keywords Age of majority; Juvenile; Justice system; Neurological development; Recidivism; Rehabilitation; Massachusetts; Youthful offender
Alexithymia as a mediator of the associations between child maltreatment and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence
Keywords child maltreatment; adolescence; alexithymia; internalizing behaviors; externalizing behaviors; mediation; gender differences; sexual abuse; emotional abuse; intimate partner violence; IPV; exposure to IPV
Stability and cross-lagged relations among callous-unemotional traits, moral identity, moral emotion attribution and externalizing behavior problems in adolescents
Keywords Callous-unemotional traits (CU-traits); Adolescence; Moral identity; Moral emotion attribution; Externalizing behavior problems; Longitudinal study; Cross-lagged model; Predictive links; Behavioral stability; Psychopathy traits; Moral development; Conduct disorders; Antisocial behavior
The neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment on brain structure, function, and attachment
Keywords Childhood maltreatment; Psychopathology; Brain development; Early childhood; Adolescence; Neurobiological effects; Sensory systems; Phenotypic alterations; Brain structure; Epigenetics
Prospective associations of family conflict with alcohol expectancies in the adolescent brain cognitive development study: Effects of race and ethnicity
Keywords Alcohol expectancies; Adolescents; Cognitive Development; Youth substance use; Sociocultural factors; Mixed-effects regression; Black; White
Neuroendocrine mechanisms in the links between early life stress, affect, and youth substance use: A conceptual model for the study of sex and gender differences
Keywords adolescence; HPA; HPG; mood; substance use; stress; adversity; sex differences; gender differences; early life stress