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United States v. Georgia
Keywords ADA; Title II; state prisons; substance use disorder; disability rights(2006)
Gonzales v. Oregon
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; physician-assisted suicide; prescription drugs; state-authorized; doctors prescribing drugs(2006)
Developmental Incompetence, Due Process, and Juvenile Justice Policy
Keywords Juvenile justice system; legal reform; competency to stand trial; due process(2005)
Developmental trajectories of legal socialization among serious adolescent offenders
Keywords legal socialization; adolescence; juvenile offenders(2005)
Greeno v. Daley
Keywords Eighth Amendment; deliberate indifference; serious medical needs; inmate; medical care; specialist care(2005)
Cognitive and Affective Development in Adolescence
Keywords Teenagers ; Grow ; Develop ; Scientists ; Adolescent behavior ; Brain development ; Vulnerability ; Changes ; Reorganization ; Well-being(2005)
The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences in Childhood: a Convergence of Evidence from Neurobiology and Epidemiology
Keywords Child development; Adults; stress; mental health; physical health; drug use; domestic violence; neurobiology; childhood abuse; substance(2005)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center; The Center on Children and Families; The Central Juvenile Defender Center; The ChildLaw Center et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of the Respondent-Appellee
Keywords right to counsel; minor; EJJ; Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction; transfer; Juvenile Court Act; vagueness; brain; adolescent development; Fifth Amendment (U.S.); neurological research; adolescent psychology(2005)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant
Keywords cognitive capacity; teenage brain; developmentally distinct; children; adolescents; decision-making; developing brain; youth; interrogation; police questioning; sentenced as an adult; psychological research; neurological research; adolescent development; risky behavior; emotionally dependent; prefrontal cortex; frontal lobe; young adult; confessions; involuntary confessions(2005)
Addiction Specialists, Inc. v. Township of Hampton
(2005)
Foelker v. Outagamie County
Keywords Methadone withdrawal; deliberate indifference; serious medical needs; medical neglect; cruel and unusual punishment(2004)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, et al. In Support of Respondent Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords adolescents; brain; culpability; blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile death penalty; execution; minors; Stanford; youth; youthful offender; Atkins; confession; proportionality analysis; murder(2004)
Brief of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the American Civil Liberties Union, et. al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords death penalty; youth of color; mitigation of youth; mitigating factor; death; execution(2004)
Brief of the European Union and Members of the International Community in Support of Respondent
Keywords international law; death penalty; under 18; minors; juveniles(2004)
Brief of New York, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, and West Virginia as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords execution; death penalty; age 17; capital sentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2004)