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Mapping potential pathways from polygenic liability through brain structure to psychological problems across the transition to adolescence
Keywords Polygenic score; brain structure; general factor of psychopathology; externalizing
The relationship between cognitive and affective control and adolescent mental health
Keywords adolescence; affective control; cognitive control; depression; mental health
Capital sentencing and neuropsychiatry
Keywords aggravation; capital punishment; criminal sentencing; death penalty; ethics; forensic neuropsychiatry; intellectual disability; juvenile offenders; risk assessment; psychopathy; mitigation
Reprieves Return: Minnesota's Decision to Awaken the Reprieve
Keywords Reprieve; Pardon; Youthful Offender; commutation
Bio-behavioral scientific evidence alters judges' sentencing decision-making: A quantitative analysis
Keywords Sentencing; Decision-making; Punishment; Retribution; Behavior; Mental disorders
The effects of a defendant's childhood physical abuse on lay support for sentencing: The moderating role of essentialism
Keywords Childhood abuse; Sentencing; Social essentialism; Biological essentialism; Rehabilitation; Restoration
Mandatory Sentences as Strict Liability
Keywords Mandatory Sentences; Sentencing Disparity; Strict Liability Crimes; Mens Rea; Criminal Intent
Same Crime, Different Time: Sentencing Disparities in the Deep South & A Path Forward Under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Keywords Mass Incarceration; Racial Discrimination; Sentencing Disparities; State-Level Sentencing; Carceral State
Neuroscience and the insanity defense: Trying to put a round peg in a square hole.
Keywords Insanity defense; Neuroimaging; Legal responsibility; Legal capacity; Mental state
Justice Is Not a Game: The Devastating Racial Inequity of Washington’s Three Strikes Law
Keywords Three Strikes Laws; Racial Disparities in Justice; Criminal Justice Reform; Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA); Policy Analysis; Life without Parole
Neuroscience and the Model Penal Code's Mens Rea Categories
Keywords Neurolaw; Neuroscience; Criminal Law; Model Penal Code; Brain Imaging; Behavioral Science; Psychology
A Meaningful Life: The Future of Juvenile Justice in Washington After Anderson
Keywords juvenile sentencing; de facto life sentence; Miller v. Alabama; Eighth Amendment; juvenile brain development; racial bias; Washington Supreme Court; Anderson; Miller factors; youthful offenders
International Conformity to the Standard Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility: Comparing the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility to the Minimum Legal Age of Marriage
Keywords Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR); Minimum Legal Age of Marriage (MLAM); Child Rights; Juvenile Justice; Child Protection; International Law
From Suspension to Mass Incarceration: Punishment of Students with Special Needs and the School-To-Prison Pipeline.
Keywords Zero-tolerance policies; School discipline; School-to-prison pipeline; Students with disabilities; Marginalized students; Racial disparities; School-based arrests
Responding to the Trauma That Is Endemic to the Criminal Legal System: Many Opportunities for Juvenile Prevention, Intervention, and Rehabilitation.
Keywords Trauma; Juvenile; Racism; Trauma-informed care; Prevention