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Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile life without parole; LWOP; coercive guilty plea; forced guilty plea; plea bargain; death penalty; plea negotiations; coercive plea negotiations; Roper; adolescent vulnerability; decision-making; adolescent's diminished legal competence; legal comprehension; mental impairments; brain; neurological vulnerability(2018)
Brief and Argument of Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellee
Keywords hallmark attributes of youth; youthful offenders; age-appropriate; fair sentencing; youthful characteristics; young adults; international laws; capacity for rehabilitation(2018)
Brief for the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and American Academy of Psychiatry and Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Keywords juvenile brain development; false confessions; intelligence; coerced confessions; juvenile susceptibility to false and coerced confessions; involuntary confessions; vulnerability to pressure; immaturity of judgment(2018)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; retroactive relief; resentencing; juvenile murderers; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; juvenile life without parole; discretionary life sentences; plea bargains; state sovereignty; victims' rights(2018)
Neuropsychological changes in patients with Substance Use Disorder after completion of a one month intensive outpatient treatment program
Keywords Substance use disorders; executive functioning; cognitive impairment; treatment outcomes; intensive outpatient program(2018)
US v. Mosley
Keywords substance use disorder; PTSD; depression; supervised release; incarceration(2018)
US v. Montgomery
Keywords sexual dangerousness; civil commitment; cocaine use disorder; mental illness(2018)
Neuroscience of addiction: Relevance to prevention and treatment
Keywords Drug addiction; substance use disorder; neurobiology of addiction; genetic factors; epigenetic factors; brain imaging(2018)
Brief of Amici Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile nonhomicide offenders; Graham v. Florida; life without parole; moral culpability; maturity; rehabilitation(2018)
Scientific Support for a Developmentally Informed Approach to Miranda Rights
Keywords Law; juvenile justice; children; adolescents; teenagers; brain development; behavior(2018)
Temptations of Friends: Adolescents’ Neural and Behavioral Responses to Best Friends Predict Risky Behavior
Keywords reward; brain; risky behavior; adolescent development; social(2018)
The Racially Diverse Affective Expression (RADIATE) Face Stimulus Set
Keywords emotion; multiracial; facial expressions; diversity; RADIATE; reliability; stimuli; validity(2018)
Traumatic Brain Injury: A Potential Cause of Violent Crime?
Keywords Traumatic brain injury (TBI); children; young people; self-regulation; social behavior; behavioral disorder; crime; recidivism; risk factors(2018)
Brief of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and nine other organizations as amici curiae
Keywords sentencing; judicial authority; probation violation; unlawful sentence; incarceration; treatment programs(2018)
Brief of Mass. Med. Soc’y et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Pl.’s Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order & Prelim. Injunction
(2018)