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Brief of Juvenile Law Center in support of Omar Khadr
Keywords developmental differences; enemy combatant; developmental psychology; risky behavior; peer pressure; child soldiers; adolescent autonomy; decision-making; false confessions; greater capacity for change; social science(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)
New Directions Treatment Services v. City of Reading
Keywords drug addiction; disability; methadone clinics; zoning; discriminatory(2007)
Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Keywords statute of limitations; nicotine addiction; tobacco companies; negligence(2007)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbidity in Detained Youth
Keywords Children; teenagers; juvenile; juvenile justice; trauma; stress; PTSD; mental health(2007)
Rational Choice and Developmental Influences on Recidivism Among Adolescent Felony Offenders
Keywords Teen crime; developmental limitations; risk evaluation; severity of punishment; procedural justice; mental health(2007)
Sociometric Status and Social Drinking: Observations of Modelling and Persuasion in Young Adult Peer Groups
Keywords Alcohol use; peers; behavior; socioeconomic status; peer influence; alcohol consumption; socioeconomic status; observations(2007)
Phillips v. Jasper County Jail
Keywords deliberate indifference; jail staff; medical negligence; malpractice(2006)
Development of the Adolescent Brain: Implications for Executive Function and Social Cognition
Keywords Brain scans ; Teenagers ; Decision making ; Social policy ; Education(2006)
Earlier Development of the Accumbens Relative to Orbitofrontal Cortex Might Underlie Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescents
Keywords accumbens; adolescent; reward; development; orbital frontal cortex; risk-taking(2006)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al in support Plaintiffs/Appellee's Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Keywords youth; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); strip search; vulnerable youth; juveniles; psychological vulnerability; trauma; adolescent development; PTSD; body consciousness(2006)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, et al. in Support of Appellant Corey Spears
Keywords right to counsel; delinquency proceeding; youth; conflict of interest; authority figures; interrogation; vulnerability; immaturity(2006)
Wisconsin Community Services v. City of Milwaukee
Keywords municipal special-use permits; discrimination; mental health treatment centers; addiction treatment centers; reasonable accommodation; ADA(2006)
Davis v. Carter
Keywords methadone; inmate; deliberate indifference; denial of care; serious medical need(2006)
Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal
Keywords Religious Freedom Restoration Act; RFRA; religious use; controlled substance; federal prosecution; religious exemption(2006)