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A Second Chance at Success: Using “Second Look” Laws to Modify Sentences of Juvenile Offenders

Keywords Second look sentencing; resentencing ; rehabilitation; juvenile offenders; federal model; court factors; legal counsel for indigent clients

In the wake of Miller and Montgomery: A national view of people sentenced to juvenile life without parole

Keywords Juvenile lifers; second chance policies; mass incarceration; resentencing; reentry; life-course criminology

Youth Are More Vulnerable to False Memories Than Middle-aged Adults Due to Liberal Response Bias

Keywords False memory; Brain development; Adolescents; Young adults; DRM; development; Youth

Young Adulthood as a Transitional Legal Category: Science, Social Change, and Justice Policy

Keywords young adult offenders; crime reduction; developmental research; effective sentencing; social welfare

Young Adult Offenders: The Need for More Effective Legislative Options and Justice Processing

Keywords Legal age of adulthood; developmental age of adulthood; impulsivity; recidivism; young adult offenders; juvenile justice system

Willpower over the Life Span: Decomposing Self-regulation

Keywords Review article; Delay of gratification; Longitudinal study; Self-regulation; Willpower

Who Are Those 'Risk-Taking Adolescents'? Individual Differences in Developmental Neuroimaging Research

Keywords Punishment; Self-control; Adolescence; Risk-taking; FMRI

White Matter Integrity, Substance Use, and Risk Taking in Adolescence

Keywords DTI; risk taking; white matter; marijuana; alcohol; adolescence

White Matter Development in Adolescence: the Influence of Puberty and Implications for Affective Disorders

Keywords Brain development; White matter; Puberty; Sex differences; Review study; White matter development; White matter volume; Diffusion tensor imaging; Affective disorders

When Is an Adolescent an Adult? Assessing Cognitive Control in Emotional and Nonemotional Contexts

Keywords Adolescence; Self-control; Emotions; fMRI; Legal policy; Brain development; young adult; development; cognitive control

What's My Age Again?: Adolescent Development and the Case for Expanding Original Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Investing in Alternatives for Emerging Adults Involved in Maine's Justice System

Keywords Emerging adulthood; juvenile justice; developmental challenges; impulsive behavior; lack of legal protection; racial bias; rehabilitative services; lighter sentences

Vlpfc-vmpfc-amygdala Interactions Underlie Age-related Differences in Cognitive Regulation of Emotion

Keywords Brain development; amygdala; emotions; pre-frontal cortex; fMRI; emotional regulation; neurodevelopment

Unshackled: Stories of Redemption Among Serious Youthful Offenders

Keywords Child defendants; adolescent brain development; criminal culpability; life without parole; mandatory life sentences; attributes of youth; redemption; adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

Understanding the Dynamics of the Developing Adolescent Brain Through Team Science

Keywords Review article; Adolescents; Brain development; social development; mental wellbeing; teen science

Traumatic Brain Injury: A Potential Cause of Violent Crime?

Keywords Traumatic brain injury (TBI); children; young people; self-regulation; social behavior; behavioral disorder; crime; recidivism; risk factors

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