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The Effect of Parents and Peers on the Neural Correlates of Risk Taking and Antisocial Behavior During Adolescence
Keywords antisocial behavior; adolescence; parents; peers; risk taking; fMRl(2023)
The Teenage Brain: Sensitivity to Social Evaluation
Keywords Adolescence; peer relationships; social evaluation; brain function; social emotional function; emotional intensity; social behavior(2023)
Redefining Youth: The Case for Applying the Principles of Miller v. Alabama to Criminal Cases Involving Adults in Late Adolescence
Keywords Miller; developmental stage; self-regulation; culpability; rehabilitation; late adolescence; criminality(2023)
Risk-Taking Behavior of Adolescents and Young Adults Born Preterm
Keywords premature birth; adolescent behavior; Chlamydia trachomatis; payment default; criminal offending; teenage pregnancy; substance use; register study(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center; the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; the Sentencing Project; and the Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords sex offender registration of children; trauma; age; developmental differences; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; cognitive neuroscience; developmental functioning; prefrontal cortex; adolescent brain development; long-term planning; decision-making; risk assessment; psychosocial immaturity; SORN(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Boston University Center for Anti Racist Research, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Center on Race Inequality and the Law, and Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law in Support of Defendants-Appellants and Affirmance
Keywords irreperable corruption; racial disparity; 18-20-year-olds; 18 to 20 year olds; post-Miller sentencing; discretionary LWOP; discretionary life without parole; late adolescents ; late adolescence; Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity(2023)
Retired Massachusetts Judges Brief et al. in Support of Appellants
Keywords late adolescence; late adolescents; Miller; Diatchenko; permanent incorrigibility; Miller hearings; inconsistent sentencing(2023)
Corrected Brief for the Committee for Public Counsel Services as Amicus Curiae in Support of Messrs. Mattis and Robinson
Keywords late adolescents; capacity to change; LWOP; Diatchenko; parole eligibility; rehabilitation; brain development(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Terry Kupers, Craig Haney, Pablo Stewart, and Stuart Grassian in Support of Plaintiff-Apellee and Affirmance
Keywords solitary confinement; isolation; administrative segregation; substance use; trauma; psychological harm; physiological harm; penal confinement(2023)
Non-Party Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Fourteen Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Child Welfare Systems, and Adolescent Development Experts in Support of Defendant-Appellant Damian L. Hauschultz
Keywords youth interrogation; adolescent brain development; vulnerability to adult pressure; decision-making; impulsivity; trauma; age; interrogations; rewards system(2023)
Application of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Juvenile Justice Scholars and Nonprofits to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellant; [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief
Keywords adolescents; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; mitgiating attributes; Miller; late adolescence; brain development; plasticity; brain imaging; adolescent vulnerability; hierarchical development; neurological development; maladaptive behavior; emotions; emotional arousal; trauma; chronic stress; psychological capacity; personality; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; parole suitability hearing(2023)
Application to File Amici Curiae Brief & Brief of Amici Curiae Human Rights Watch et al., in Support of Defendant & Appellant Tony Hardin
Keywords youthful offender; rehabilitation; parole hearing; diminished culpability of youth; parole eligibility; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; brain development; behavior(2023)
Combined Application to File an Amicus Curiae Brief and Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent, The People of the State of California
Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; equal protection; parole eligibility; young adult; first degree murder; special circumstances(2023)
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief of Prosecutors Alliance of California in Support of Neither Party
Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; juvenile culpability; capacity for rehabilitation; youth offender parole; special circumstance murder; first degree murder; racial disparities(2023)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Gonzaga University School of Law Women's Law Caucus, Seattle University School of Law Women's Law Caucus, and University of Washington Women's Law Caucus
Keywords emerging adult; special relationship; doctrine of emerging adult; special relationship; duty; right to protection; university(2023)