Rewiring juvenile justice: The intersection of developmental neuroscience and legal policy

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 63-65

  Cohen, Alexandra O ^a   Casey, B J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COURT; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JURISPRUDENCE; JUSTICE; LAW; LEGAL POLICY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PEER GROUP; POLICY; PUNISHMENT; REWIRING JUVENILE JUSTICE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84892950398     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.11.002     Document Type: Note

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