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Justice for Emerging Adults after Jones: the Rapidly Developing Use of Neuroscience to Extend Eighth Amendment Miller Protections to Defendants Ages 18 and Older
Keywords Juvenile justice; Young adults; Teenagers; Courts
Lonely Too Long: Redefining and Reforming Juvenile Solitary Confinement
Keywords Adolescents; Solitary confinement; Psychology; Brain development; Law
Clinical and Biological Correlates of Emotional Dysregulation in Children and Adolescents: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Developmental Psychopathology
Keywords Emotional Dysregulation; youth; adolescents; ADHD; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); mood disorders; self-harm; suicidality
Age-related changes in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation are associated with daily prosocial behaviors two years later
Keywords Prosocial behaviors; adolescent development; fMRI; neurodevelopment; ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC); precuneus; longitudinal study
Nonviolent Drug Offenders Need Treatment--Not Prison: The Solution to Prison Overcrowding in West Virginia
Keywords Drug courts; prison overcrowding; opioid epidemic; incarceration rates; West Virginia; recidivism; addiction; rehabilitation
Identifying Barriers to HIV and Substance Use Service Engagement for Young Adults Involved in the Criminal Legal System
Keywords Young Adults; HIV; Substance Use Disorder; Barriers to Care; Reentry; Jail; Harm Reduction
How beliefs around peers’ risk preferences get incorporated into adolescents’ decision making
Keywords Risky decision making; peer influence; adolescence; peer preferences; prosocial behavior; age-related changes
Development of the triadic neural systems involved in risky decision-making during childhood
Keywords Risky decision-making; childhood; adolescence; Triadic Neural Systems Model; fMRI; prefrontal cortex; striatum; functional connectivity; striatum; functional connectivity; neurocognitive development
Neuroscientific Paradigms and their Implications for Jurisprudential Practice: A Comparative Analysis
Keywords Neurolaw; Neuroscience; Legal Theory; Ethical Implications
Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?
Keywords policy; neuroscience; juvenile justice; evidence-based policy
Neuroscience and addiction research: Current advances and perspectives
Keywords Addiction; Substance Use Disorder; Neurobiology of Addiction; Brain Adaptation; Opioid Epidemic