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Brain Structural Correlates of Risk-Taking Behavior and Effects of Peer Influence in Adolescents
Keywords Adolescence; risk-taking behavior; peer influence; personality; gray matter; white matter; peer competition(2014)
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)