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Adolescent Brain Development and Progressive Legal Responsibility in the Latin American Context
Keywords Teenage Brain; Adolescent law; Criminal; Adolescence; Behavior; Neuroscience; Neurolaw; Juvenile criminal behavior; juvenile criminal law; adolescent brain; legal responsibility(2020)
Adolescent Psychopathology: the Role of Brain-based Diatheses, Sensitivities, and Susceptibilities
Keywords Adolescence; Stress; Brain development; Impulsivity; Rewards; Peer influence; Chronic health conditions; health condition(2020)
Differential Correlates of Positive and Negative Risk Taking in Adolescence
Keywords Risk taking; Rewards; Outcomes; Teenagers; adolescence; positive risk taking; school engagement; dual systems(2020)
Early Childhood Trauma Impact on Adolescent Brain Development, Decision Making Abilities, and Delinquent Behaviors: Policy Implications for Juveniles Tried in Adult Court Systems
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; adolescent brain development; juvenile delinquency; policy; juveniles tried in adult courts; trauma(2020)
State v. Jenkins
Keywords Solitary confinement; mental illness; psychological harm; mitigation; defendant's misconduct; lasting harm; isolation(2019)
Linn v. State
Keywords murder defendant; postconviction claim; expert testimony; battered woman syndrome; trauma; denying funds; abuse of discretion; revived claim(2019)
Brief of the Promise of Justice Initiative and National Association for Public Defense as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords childhood abuse; neglect; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD; death sentence; mitigation; trauma; leniency(2019)
Intrusive Memories of Trauma: A Target for Research Bridging Cognitive Science and its Clinical Application
Keywords intrusive memory; mental imagery; post traumatic stress; psychological trauma; cognitive science; treatment innovation(2019)
Risk of Psychosis Among Refugees: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Keywords refugees; psychosis; native populations; risk factors(2019)
There Is No One Here to Protect You: Trauma Among Children Fleeing Violence in Central America
Keywords children; trauma; asylum; violence; US; United States; Central America(2019)
Andrews v. Davis
Keywords sentencing relief; ineffective counsel; mitigating evidence; abusive upbringing; trauma; penalty phase(2019)
Anderson v. Kelley
Keywords mitigation; teen brain limits; PTSD; FASD; fetal alcohol disorder; investigation; ineffective assistance(2019)
Pike v. Gross
Keywords federal habeas relief; penalty-phase counsel; ineffective counsel; mitigating evidence; brain damage; bipolar disorder; PTSD; denial(2019)
Porter v. Clarke
Keywords death-row; near-solitary confinement; Eighth Amendment; psychological harm; minimal social contact(2019)
The Brain in Solitude: An (Other) Eighth Amendment Challenge to Solitary Confinement
Keywords eighth amendment; extreme isolation; neuroplasticity; punishment; social; neuroscience; solitary confinement(2019)