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P.T.S. III v. S.S.
Keywords elder abuse; financial exploitation; joint account; unauthorized withdrawal; aggressive behavior; stepmother(2024)
Williamson v. Farrell
Keywords elder abuse; exploitation; trial court; simplified; quotation; private right of action; declaratory judgment; financial loss; bad faith(2024)
People v. Poole
Keywords People v. Parks; mandatory life without parole; LWOP; cruel and unusual punishment; proportionality; resentencing(2024)
State v. Borlase
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual punishment; North Carolina statute on sentencing; rehabilitation; permanent incorrigibility; mitigating factors of youth(2024)
State v. Hauschultz
Keywords access to counsel for youth; youth interrogation ; Miranda warnings; adolescent brain development; juvenile justice; juvenile rights; custodial interrogation(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars on the Neurological Effects of Pornography on Adolescents in Support of Respondent
Keywords Neuroplasticity; adolescent brain development; pornography addiction; childhood exposure; prefrontal cortex; youth vulnerability; public health issue; brain development harm; sexually explicit materials; compulsive pornography use(2024)
Motion of Forty Developmental Science Scholars and Nonprofits for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Support of Appellants; Brief of Amici Curiae
Keywords People v. Parks; Michigan Constitution; mandatory life without parole; mandatory LWOP; late adolescence; mitigating characteristics of youth; Miller v. Alabama; Roper v. Simmons; developmental neuroscience; Graham v. Florida; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2024)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior in Support of Appellant Evan McCarrick Jerald
Keywords Adolescent development; Neuroscience; Adolescent decison-making; Impulsivity; Future discounting; Peer influence; Risky decision-making; Adolescent brain development; Brain development; Criminal behavior; Self-desistance; Maturation; Evidence-based treatment(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, ACLU of New Jersey, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Gault Center, Juvenile Law Center, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, & Sentencing Project
(2024)
Community-based substance use treatment programs for reentering justice-involved adults: A scoping review
Keywords Substance use treatment; Community-based; Criminal justice; Reentry(2024)
Jail-based interventions to reduce risk for opioid-related overdose deaths: Examples of implementation within Ohio counties participating in the HEALing Communities Study
Keywords Overdose; Opioid use disorder; Naloxone; Buprenorphine; Naltrexone; Peer support; Jail; Medication-assisted treatment (MOUD); Criminal legal system; Overdose prevention; Jail-based treatment(2024)
The association between delinquent peer affiliation and disruptive behavior interacts with functional brain correlates of reward sensitivity: A biosocial interaction study in adolescent delinquents
Keywords biosocial criminology; childhood arrestees; conduct disorder; delinquent peer affiliation; disruptive behavioral disorder; fMRI; reward sensitivity; ventral striatum; amygdala; mPFC; DISC; youth delinquents(2024)
The Miller Trilogy, Jones, and the Future of Juvenile Sentencing and Constitutional Interpretation in the Post-Jones America
Keywords juvenile sentencing; extreme punishment; Miller; Jones v. Mississippi; sentencing reform; United States(2024)
Peer Assumption: An Illusory Consensus Hidden in the Criminal Responsibility of Juvenile Offender— Evidence from Psychology
Keywords juvenile delinquent; criminal responsibility; dialectical thinking; self control; empathy(2024)
Past, Prologue, and Constitutional Limits on Criminal Penalties
Keywords Criminal punishment reform; Rehabilitation-focused sentencing; Proportionate-penalties clause; Constitutional law; Sentencing proportionality; Restorative justice; Mass incarceration(2024)