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Amici Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services and TeamChild
Keywords youth; juvenile record; racial disparity; record sealing; youth of color; transition to adulthood(2017)
Brief of Amici Curiae Senator Angela Bryant, Senator Erica Smith-Ingram, Representative Kelly Alexander, Representative Larry Bell, Representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield, and Representative Rosa Gill et al., in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords juvenile homicide; racial disparity; juvenile offender; characteristics of youth; adolescent brain; immaturity; risky behavior; impulsivity; Miller; unconstitutionally vague statute(2017)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Juvenile Sentencing Project in Support of Defendant-Appellee Harry Sharod James
Keywords Miller; discretionary life without parole sentences; discretionary LWOP sentences; hallmark features of youth; mitigating factor; Montgomery; peer pressure; developmentally inappropriate sentence; disproportionate sentence; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness(2017)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Fair Punishment Project in Support of Petitioner, Johnson
Keywords Roper; Graham; irreparably corrupt; beyond rehabilitation; brain development; LWOP; life without parole; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2017)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Harrison
Keywords transferred intent; adolescents; culpability; blameworthiness; foreseeability; risk-taking; neuroscience research; vulnerability to negative influences; felony murder(2017)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center Et. Al Support of Petitioner
Keywords Roper; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; immaturity; peer pressure; age; characteristics of youth; adulthood; risky behavior; impulsivity; death penalty(2017)
Covington v. State
Keywords death sentence; murder; bipolar disorder; cocaine use; mitigation(2017)
Increased Striatal Activity in Adolescence Benefits Learning
Keywords Learning; Risk taking; fMRI; Adolescents; Brain development(2017)
Screening, treatment initiation, and referral for substance use disorders
(2017)
Modulation of Reward-related Neural Activation on Sensation Seeking Across Development
Keywords Reward; Brain scans; Brain development; Adolescents; Sensation seeking; Development; fMRI(2017)
Stress and Decision Making: Effects on Valuation, Learning, and Risk-taking
Keywords stress; decision-making; brain development; risk-taking(2017)
vlPFC-vmPFC-Amygdala Interactions Underlie Age-Related Differences in Cognitive Regulation of Emotion
Keywords Brain development; amygdala; emotions; pre-frontal cortex; fMRI; emotional regulation; neurodevelopment(2017)
Commonwealth v. Henry
Keywords restitution; probation; poverty; indigent defendants; probation conditions(2016)
A Neuroscience Perspective on Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Keywords Teenagers; Young adults; Risky sexual behaviors; Threats; Rewards; Decision-making; Control; Risk-taking(2016)
Adolescents in Peer Groups Make More Prudent Decisions When a Slightly Older Adult Is Present
Keywords Brain development; Risk taking; Decision making; Peer influence; Adult figure; Adolescent development; judgment; intergroup dynamics(2016)