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Adolescent Brain Development and the Risk for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
Keywords Teenager; Brain development; Adolescence; Gray matter; White matter; Brain connections; Risk taking; Substance use effects; Alcohol; Marijuana(2010)
Adolescent Development of the Reward System
Keywords adolescence; brain development; reward(2010)
Can Adolescents Learn Self-control? Delay of Gratification in the Development of Control over Risk Taking
Keywords Teenagers; Risk taking ; Impulsivity ; Reward; Adolescence; Sensation seeking; Delay of gratification; Delay discounting; Future time perspective; Substance use(2010)
In re F.C. III
Keywords involuntary treatment; due process; juvenile drug use; drug treatmemt(2010)
Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Hussey Copper Ltd
Keywords methadone; discrimination; ADA; disability; employment law; reasonable accommodation; drug testing(2010)
People v. Becker
Keywords conviction; methamphetamine use; murder; drug use; mental state defense(2010)
Sanchez v. Aviva Life & Annuity Co.
Keywords fraud; conspiracy; Ponzi scheme; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence; recission(2010)
People v. Mendez
Keywords juvenile offender; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; resentencing; Graham v. Florida(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts, the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, et. al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant/Respondent
Keywords Sixth Amendment (U.S.); right to a jury trial; juvenile court sentencing; amenability hearing; Apprendi(2010)
Brief of the Center for Children's Advocacy and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Defendant B.B.
Keywords due process; juveniles; transfers; adolescent development; transfer to adult court; youth(2010)
Brief of the Center for Children's Advocacy and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Defendant David A. Fernandes
Keywords due process; juveniles; transfers; transfer to adult court; youth; adolescent development(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Keywords adolescent speech; teens; vulgar speech; brain circuitry; brain; puberty; emotion; emotional stressors; brain development; school; First Amendment (U.S.)(2010)
Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords right to trial by jury; juvenile ajudications; fact finding; sentence enhancements(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents
Keywords interrogations; child; minor; search and seizure; special needs search and seizure; exigent circumstances; school searches; probable cause; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); questioning; consent(2010)
Brief of Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts
Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; international law; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; murder; Graham(2010)