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A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-taking
Keywords Risk-taking; Adolescence; Childhood; Adults; Puberty; Rewards; Control; Peer influence; Brain Development(2008)
In re William M.
Keywords youth tried as adults; juvenile court; Nevada Supreme Court; clear and convincing evidence; substance use; presumptive certification ; Right against self-incrimination(2008)
Hammermueller v. North American Company for Life and Health Insurance
Keywords benefits; insurance; denial; proper denial; fraud; financial loss; elder financial abuse(2008)
In the matter of L.M.
Keywords juvenile justice; aggravated sexual battery; juvenile offender; Kansas Supreme Court; right to a jury trial; sex offender registration(2008)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant, O.K.
Keywords child soldiers; international law; personal jurisdiction; juveniles; minors; adolescents; developmental differences; youth; soldier(2008)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae In Support of Petitioner's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law Based on His Juvenile Status
Keywords enemy combat; child soldier; false confessions; interrogations; involuntary confessions; death penalty; disability; diminished capacity(2008)
Brief of Pacific Juvenile Defender Center et al. on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords developmental differences; due process; rehabilitation; Three Strikes Law; fitness hearing; risk-taking(2008)
Brief of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords transfers; young offenders; negative outcomes; recidivism; juvenile courts; adult courts; capacity for rehabilitation; cognitive ability; developmental limitations; immaturity; decision-making; adolescent delinquency; developmental deficiencies(2008)
Erickson v. Pardus
Keywords Eighth Amendment; prisoner rights; medical care; prison medical care; hepatitis C; inmate healthcare; cruel and unusual punishment; life-saving treatment(2007)
Childhood Psychiatric Disorders and Young Adult Crime: A Prospective, Population-Based Study
Keywords childhood psychiatric disorders; criminal behavior; young adult offenders; at-risk children; conduct disorder; psychopathology; early intervention(2007)
Malone v. State
Keywords capital punishment; legal insanity; insanity defense; methamphetamine; psychosis(2007)
Kimbrough v. US
Keywords sentencing; crack cocaine; powder cocaine; disparities; advisory Guidelines(2007)
Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman
Keywords death penalty; sentencing; mitigating factors of youth; Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act(2007)
State v. Monteiro
Keywords youth tried as adults; individuals convicted of multiple sentences; Mario’s Law; juvenile justice; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionality principle; consecutive life sentence; gang-related murder(2007)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of the Defendant-Appellant
Keywords adolescent vulnerability; decision-making age; duress defense; peer pressure; coercive situations; jury instructions; adolescent development(2007)