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United States v. Mathews
Keywords Compassionate release; Michael Mathews; federal case; 2021; obesity; substance use disorder; COVID-19; prison; early release; vaccination(2021)
Addiction as a brain disease revised: why it still matters, and the need for consilience
Keywords Addiction; brain disease; substance use disorder; neurobiology; decision making; compulsivity(2021)
Accumbofrontal Tract Integrity Is Related to Early Life Adversity and Feedback Learning
Keywords Abuse; Neglect; Violence; Tough experiences; Early life; Adolescents; Brain development; Mental health(2021)
Adolescent Brain Development and Contextual Influences: a Decade in Review
Keywords Adolescence; Behavior; Brain development(2021)
Brain and Behavior Correlates of Risk Taking in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
Keywords Anxiety disorders; Risk taking; Mental illness; Youth; Children; Avoidant behavior(2021)
Individual and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Maltreatment and Exposure to Community Violence: Utilizing a Latent Profile and a Multilevel Meta-analytic Approach
Keywords Trauma; Community; Maltreatment; Mental health; Risk taking; Adolescents(2021)
Making the "c-ace" for a Culturally-informed Adverse Childhood Experiences Framework to Understand the Pervasive Mental Health Impact of Racism on Black Youth
Keywords Racism; Trauma; Black; Adolescents; Stress; Racial trauma; Adverse childhood experiences; Black youth; Traumatic stress(2021)
The Law, the Science, and the Logic of Ending the Teenage Death Penalty
Keywords Death penalty; Roper; Adolescence; Penological objectives; Miller; Eighth Amendment(2021)
Responsible Use of Open-Access Developmental Data: the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (abcd) Study
Keywords Children; development; brain; behavior; neuroscience; psychology; review(2021)
Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity
Keywords children; childhood; stress; trauma; behavior; brain development; environment; early-life stress; adversity; stress neurobiology; child maltreatment(2021)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Robert Earl Hawkins in Support of John Antonio Poole
Keywords prefrontal cortex; LWOP; Miller; Montgomery; hallmark features of youth; neurobiological research; lesser blameworthiness; ages 18-25; young adult; emerging adults; impulsivity; murder(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Charles Selby in Support of Defendant-appellant John Poole
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; emerging adult; 18-year-old; brain development; adolescent development; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); diminished cognitive capacity; peer pressure; risky behavior; age of majority; Miller factors; de facto life sentence; underdeveloped character(2021)
Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of John Antonio Poole
Keywords prefrontal cortex; immaturity; retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); chronological age; mitigating factors of youth; late adolescents; brain development; impulse control; self-regulation; underdeveloped sense of responsibility; vulnerability to peer pressure(2021)
Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole
Keywords transient immaturity; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); late adolescents; ages 18-21; Miller(2021)
Amicus Curiae with Brief in Support of Poole Appeal
Keywords Miller; culpability; youth; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; murder; life without parole; mandatory LWOP; juveniles ; attendant characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; life imprisonment; resentencing; children(2021)