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Brief for the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the Phillips Black Project as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller factors; Miller; juvenile sentencing; parole; meaningful opportunity to obtain release; individualized consideration of youth; mitigation; mitigating factors(2016)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior in Support of Petitioner
Keywords joint venture theory; Graham; culpability; blameworthiness; developmental attributes of youth; adolescent development; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; non-homicide(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Ass’n of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Keywords developmental immaturity; Miller; Montgomery; sentencing; developmentally appropriate sentencing; first-degree murder(2016)
Brief of Amici Curiae Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts
Keywords transient immaturity; formerly incarcerated youth; Miller; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); characteristics of youth; juvenile LWOP; capacity for rehabilitation; adolescent development(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Bar Association in Support of Reversal
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; irreparable corruption; incorrigibility; irretrievably depraved; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; beyond rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2016)
Proposed Brief of National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Dr. Giselle Hass, Tahirih Justice Center, and National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Keywords adolescents; asylum; trauma; PTSD; brain development; executive functioning; immigration(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee
Keywords protected class; Miller; Montgomery; capital sentencing; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole(2016)
Individual Differences in Frontolimbic Circuitry and Anxiety Emerge with Adolescent Changes in Endocannabinoid Signaling Across Species
Keywords Genetics; Adolescents; Anxiety; Brain development(2016)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Leaving and Returning to the Parental Home: the Role of Life Course Transitions, Socioeconomic Resources, and Family Connectivity
Keywords Teenagers; young adults; race; ethnicity; environment; correlation(2016)
Stress and the Adolescent Brain: Amygdala-prefrontal Cortex Circuitry and Ventral Striatum as Developmental Targets
Keywords Adolescence; stress; amygdala; prefrontal cortex; ventral striatum(2016)
The Lasting Impact of Early-life Adversity on Individuals and Their Descendants: Potential Mechanisms and Hope for Intervention
Keywords Stress; Epigenetics; Learning; Memory; Treatment; Children; Early-life stress; emotion regulation; fear learning(2016)
The Neurobiology of the Emotional Adolescent: From the Inside Out
Keywords Affect; Brain; fMRI; Puberty; physiology; individual differences; social context(2016)
The Role of Social Determinants in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes
Keywords Pregnancy; Environment; Race; Ethnicity(2016)
When Is an Adolescent an Adult? Assessing Cognitive Control in Emotional and Nonemotional Contexts
Keywords Adolescence; Self-control; Emotions; fMRI; Legal policy; Brain development; young adult; development; cognitive control(2016)
Young Adulthood as a Transitional Legal Category: Science, Social Change, and Justice Policy
Keywords young adult offenders; crime reduction; developmental research; effective sentencing; social welfare(2016)