Resource Library
Imaging Brain Development: The Adolescent Brain
Keywords Neuroimaging; MRI; fMRI; social brain; functional connectivity(2012)
Metabolic Consequences of Stress During Childhood and Adolescence
Keywords Stress; Wellbeing; Mental Health; Physical Health; Development(2012)
Risk Taking and the Adolescent Reward System: a Potential Common Link to Substance Abuse
Keywords Risk-taking; drug use; gambling task; brain development; behavior; young adults; MRI; gray matter; ventral striatum(2012)
Striatum–medial Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity Predicts Developmental Changes in Reinforcement Learning
Keywords Brain development; Children; learning; feedback; brain scans; brain maturation; development; fMRI; functional connectivity; reinforcement learning(2012)
The Impact of Active and Passive Peer Influence on Young Adult Smoking: an Experimental Study
Keywords Peer pressure; Smoking; Imitation; Young adult smoking; Peer influence(2012)
White Matter Development in Adolescence: the Influence of Puberty and Implications for Affective Disorders
Keywords Brain development; White matter; Puberty; Sex differences; Review study; White matter development; White matter volume; Diffusion tensor imaging; Affective disorders(2012)
Young Adult Offenders: The Need for More Effective Legislative Options and Justice Processing
Keywords Legal age of adulthood; developmental age of adulthood; impulsivity; recidivism; young adult offenders; juvenile justice system(2012)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionality analysis; felony murder; decision-making; adolescent vulnerability; peer pressure; reduced culpability; cruel and unusual punishment; adolescent development; characteristics of youth; developmental differences(2012)
Supplemental Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Keywords LWOP; retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; first-degree murder(2012)
Paula E v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services
Keywords substance use; termination of parental rights; domestic violence; visitation rights; Alaskan Supreme Court; removal from parents(2012)
Brief for the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords mandatory LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Graham v. Florida; Roper v. Simmons; qualities of adolescence (2012)
Brief of NAACP et al. in Support of Petitioners
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); culpability evaluation; race; juvenile; youth; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; African American; Latino; "wilding"; superpredators(2012)
Brief of Amici Curiae J. Lawrence Aber et Al., in Support of Petitioners
Keywords neurological development; diminished culpability; peer pressure; adolescent vulnerability; risky behavior; brain development; Graham; environmental influences; neurological differences; reward-seeking; Roper; impulsivity; adolescent brain(2012)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and the National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Keywords non-homicide; LWOP; Eighth Amendment; disproportionate sentence; Graham; age; disability; mitigating circumstances(2012)
Brief of Jeffrey Fagan, Deborah Baskin, Frank R. Baumgartner, Katherine Beckett, Donna Bishop, Alfred Blumstein, and Robert Brame et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords deterrence; super predator myth; juvenile; LWOP; life without parole; juvenile offenders; violent crime(2012)