Consistent evidence documents powerful effects of social inequality on health, well-being
and academic achievement. Yet research on whether social inequality may also be linked to …

Youthful offenders convicted of serious crimes continue to be sentenced to death and life
without parole in the United States based on legal arguments that cast them as incorrigible …

Early adversity is a major risk factor for the emergence of psychopathology across
development. Identifying mechanisms that support resilience, or favorable mental health …

Developmental psychopathology started as an intersection of fields and is now a field itself.
As we contemplate the future of this field, we consider the ways in which a newer …

Early experiences can have profound and lasting effects on mental health. Delineating
neurodevelopmental pathways related to risk and resilience following adversity exposure is …

Disinhibited behaviours such as aggression, criminality and substance misuse are
ubiquitous. In the USA, a violent crime occurs every 25 s, a non-violent crime every 4.1 s, an …

Background Since the youth justice system was established following the Crime and
Disorder Act, 1998, one of its challenges has been to find effective responses to prevent …

Neuroscientific evidence documenting continued neural development throughout
adolescence has been leveraged in advocacy for more lenient treatment of adolescents in …

Developing an empirically derived classification system that accounts for the heterogeneity
of youth could benefit the court, probation officers, and clinicians in making informed …

The growth of urban violence in Brazil, as in other countries, has led citizens to demand
more severe and punitive measures to solve the problem of juvenile crime. One motion …