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Making the Sentencing Case: Psychological and Neuroscientific Evidence for Expanding the Age of Youthful Offenders
Keywords Brain development; Recidivism; Teenagers; Law; Sentencing; Adolescence; Brain; Development; Juvenile(2022)
Positive and Negative Risk-Taking in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Citizen Science Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keywords sensation seeking; risk-taking; COVID-19; prosocial behavior; contributing to society; life satisfaction; citizen science; participatory research(2022)
Roper and Race: the Nature and Effects of Death Penalty Exclusions for Juveniles and the “Late Adolescent Class”
Keywords Late adolescent class; Death penalty eligibility; Racial/ethnic consequences(2022)
Socioeconomic Status, BMI, and Brain Development in Children
Keywords Socioeconomic status; childhood; executive function; obesity; neurocognition; prefrontal cortex(2022)
Emotional Conflict and Trauma: The Recovery of Stolen Memory Using a Mixed-Methods Approach
Keywords forced removal; Portomarín; Galicia; intergenerational dialogue; heritage education; community identity; traumatic history; local history(2021)
MC v. Cabinet for Health & Family
Keywords neglect; child custody; alcohol; child welfare; parental fitness(2021)
In re KB
Keywords child custody; parental rights; methamphetamine; meth use; child removal; California courts; risk of harm; neglect; parental supervision; substance use(2021)
State v. Harris
Keywords New Jersey; Harris; robbery; PCP; drug-induced; legal responsibility; conviction; sentence; 30-year sentence; appeal(2021)
People v. DM
Keywords Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act; D.M.; resentencing; New York; cocaine use; homicide; physical abuse; sexual abuse; mental abuse(2021)
Chappell v. State
Keywords Chappell; Arizona death penalty; death sentence; mitigation; trauma; 2021 Arizona case; capital punishment; court ruling; reasonable sentence; substance use(2021)
People v. Oneal
Keywords California; mental health diversion; schizoaffective disorder; substance use ; mental illness; appeals court; trial judge; Oneal case; California state case(2021)
United States v. Mathews
Keywords Compassionate release; Michael Mathews; federal case; 2021; obesity; substance use disorder; COVID-19; prison; early release; vaccination(2021)
People v. Panozo
Keywords California Court of Appeal; sentencing; PTSD; substance use; military service; resentencing; legal case; Panozo; reversed; remanded(2021)
People v. DL
Keywords D.L.; Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act; resentencing; New York state; trauma; crack cocaine addiction; childhood sexual abuse; reduced sentence; 2021 case; court(2021)
United States v. Patten
Keywords Compassionate release; Patten case; federal case; 2021 case; compassionate release criteria; opioid addiction; cocaine addiction; prison treatment; public safety; trauama(2021)