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Does Perceived Racial Discrimination Predict Changes in Psychological Distress and Substance Use Over Time? An Examination Among Black Emerging Adults
Keywords Race; Discrimination; Alcohol use; Smoking; Mental disorders; Depression; Anxiety; Substance Use(2014)
Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents' Preference for Immediate Rewards
Keywords Risk-taking; Adolescence; Childhood; Rewards; Control; Peer influence(2014)
US v. Kamper
Keywords downward variance; drug addiction; leniency; sentencing; child pornography distribution(2014)
State v. Castaneda
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; juvenile offender; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller v. Alabama; Nebraska Supreme Court(2014)
State v. Ramirez
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; mandatory life without parole; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile offender; resentencing; Eighth Amendment; de facto life sentence(2014)
State v. Mantich
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; mandatory life without parole; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile offender; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; resentencing(2014)
People v. Davis
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; juvenile offender; mandatory life without parole; juvenile life without parole; LWOP; JLWOP; resentencing(2014)
Bear Cloud v. State
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama; de facto life sentence(2014)
Aiken v. Byars
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama; retroactive application of Miller; discretionary sentencing; resentencing(2014)
State v Lyle
Keywords juvenile offenders; mandatory minimum sentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; individualized sentencing(2014)
People v. Chavez
Keywords juvenile sentencing; resentencing; juvenile justice reform; Miller v. Alabama(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Appellee Edwin Ike Mares
Keywords Miller; substantive law; retroactivity; resentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; child; mandatory LWOP; life without parole; felony murder; 16-year-old (2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Students of Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Keywords Eighth Amendment; LWOP; life without parole; immaturity; characteristics of youth; capacity for change; decision-making; impulsivity(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Dr. Beatriz Luna, Dr. Charles Alexander Nelson III, Dr. Silvia Bunge, Dr. Adriana Galvan, and Dr. Linda Patia Spear in Support of Neither Party
Keywords brain; brain development; adolescence; brain chemistry; brain structure; synaptic pruning; rewards system; reward processing; cognition; emotions; brain maturation; functional brain maturation; executive functioning; Graham(2014)
Brief in Support of the Resentencing of Petitioner Angel Alejandro on Behalf of Amici Curiae Robert M. Morgenthau, the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, Child Welfare League of America, and Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators et al.
Keywords LWOP; teen; adolescence; diminished culpability; impulsivity; Miller; mitigating qualities of youth; peer influence(2014)