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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)
Childhood Adversities and Adult Psychopathology in the Who World Mental Health Surveys
Keywords Difficult experiences; Childhood ; Mental health disorders ; Family problems ; Neglect ; Abuse ; Development(2010)
Commentary: A Behavioral Scientist Looks at the Science of Adolescent Brain Development
Keywords Adolescent brain development; puberty; reward-seeking; sex differences; dopamine(2010)
Effects of Regulating Emotions on Cognitive Performance: What Is Costly for Young Adults Is Not So Costly for Older Adults
Keywords Emotion regulation; childhood; adulthood; memory(2010)
Neurobiology of the Adolescent Brain and Behavior: Implications for Substance Use Disorders
Keywords adolescence; brain development; alcohol ; risk-taking; substance use; impulsivity(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)
Motion of Juvenile Law Center et al. for Leave to File an Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari
Keywords Miranda warnings; age; Fifth Amendment (U.S.) protections; custody determinations; adolescent vulnerability; adolescent development; questioning minors without an adult; coerced confessions; forced confessions; false confessions(2010)