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Aligning Justice System Processing with Developmental Science

Keywords emerging adulthood; human and social costs of incarceration

Adolescents Engage in More Risky Decision Making

Keywords neuroscience; adolescence; neurobiological maturity; self-control; social influence

Amending New Jersey’s Expungement Law to Reflect the Historical Treatment of Juveniles: Juveniles Deserve a Second Chance

Keywords juvenile delinquency; rehabilitation; human and social costs of incarceration; expungement; juvenile expungement; New Jersey expungement statute

Disparities in sentencing: Creating a “Benchcard” on brain development to incorporate neuroscience research

Keywords Industrial Prison Complex; IPC; Mass incarceration; disparate impact; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; brain development research; sentencing guidelines

“Kids are Kids”: Benevolent Ignorance and the Omission of Race in Developmental Justice Reform

Keywords Ignorance; Juvenile justice; Brain immaturity; Neurolaw; Law and science; Child savers

The role of adolescent anxious mood, marijuana use, and locus of control in the school to prison pipeline

Keywords Students; Urban education; School improvement

Prevalence and determinants of risky behaviors: A comprehensive review of substance use and sexual risk behaviors among adolescents in the United States

Keywords Adolescents; Determinants; Prevalence; Substance Use; Sexual Risk Behaviors; United States

Adverse childhood experiences, sexual risk-taking and non-consensual sexual experiences in a nationally representative study of 15–29-year-old Danes

Keywords Adverse childhood experiences; Low childhood socioeconomic position; Sexual risk-taking; Non-consensual sexual experiences; Epidemiology

Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use and high-risk sexual behaviors

Keywords College students; High-risk sexual behaviors; simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use; Cannabis; Alcohol

Associations between externalizing behavior problems and risky sexual behaviors in adolescence: Attachment as a mediator

Keywords Adolescence; Attachment; Behavior problems; Parents; Peers; Risky sexual behaviors

Inequality in Youth Justice: A Call for Global Action

Keywords Youth Justice; Racial Disparities; Ethnic Minorities; Socioeconomic Status

Racial discrimination and risk for internalizing and externalizing symptoms among Black youths

Keywords Racial Discrimination; Amygdala; Black Youth; Internalizing Symptoms; Externalizing Symptoms

Friendship changes differentially predict neural correlates of decision-making for friends across adolescence

Keywords Adolescence; Amygdala; Friendships; Risk taking; FMRI

Neural Tracking of Perceived Parent, but Not Peer, Norms Is Associated with Longitudinal Changes in Adolescent Attitudes about Externalizing Behaviors

Keywords Externalizing Behaviors; Neuroimaging; Parent Norms; Peer Norms

Links between socioeconomic position and cognitive and behavioral regulation in adolescence: The role of pubertal development

Keywords Adolescence; Cognitive and behavioral regulation; Executive function; Puberty; Socioeconomic position

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