| LESS GUILTY BY REASON OF ADOLESCENCE?
Children on Trial: Annual Juvenile Justice Center Conference
Sponsored with:
Committee for Public Counsel Service
Flaschner Judicial Institute
Suffolk University Law School's Juvenile Justice Center and Rappaport Center for Law & Public Service
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
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Anyone who works with young people knows they just don’t think or act like adults. They perceive risks differently. They are unduly influenced by peers. They don’t foresee probable consequences of behavior. They just don’t think or at least they don’t seem to. Why is this and does any of it matter when the activity in question involves delinquent misconduct?
Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence, answers these questions through the hard science of adolescent neurological and psychosocial development. Hear what the experts have to say about how adolescent development is relevant to adolescent culpability for misconduct. Learn what neuroscience has to say about why adolescents don’t appreciate the consequences of their actions or decipher alternative ways of acting. Learn how adolescent neurological and psycho-social development is relevant to culpability for misconduct and to the judicial response to that misconduct. Inform your advocacy with the latest research on adolescent neurological and psycho-social development and current understanding of the natural trajectory of desistance from delinquent misconduct.
Who Should Attend:
Anyone who practices in the juvenile courts or works with court-involved children and adolescents should attend this conference. While focused on delinquency practitioners, this conference will offer a wealth of information for attorneys, social workers, probation offices, and judges as well as anyone else who works with court involved youth. Benefits of Attending
- Learn how adolescents' incomplete brain development renders them less able to foresee consequences or reason about alternative behavior
- Learn what the research into desistance from misconduct has to offer to juvenile court proceedings
- Interact with practitioners, national experts, and judges to develop practice strategies
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Professor Kenneth King, Program Chair
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Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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Marie T. Banich, Ph.D.
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Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado |
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Honorable Charles S. Belsky
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Springfield Juvenile Court, Springfield, MA |
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Honorable Jay D. Blitzman
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Middlesex County Juvenile Court, Lowell, MA |
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Professor Jeffrey A. Fagan
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Columbia University, New York, NY |
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Lynda D. Field, Ph.D.
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Counseling Center, Suffolk University, Boston, MA |
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Staci A. Gruber, Ph.D.
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Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School,
Belmont, MA
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Professor Wendy J. Kaplan
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Criminal Defense Clinic, Boston University Law School, Boston, MA |
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Honorable Stephen M. Limon
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Suffolk County Juvenile Court, Boston, MA |
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Pierre F. Monette, Jr., Visiting Professor
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Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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Honorable Luis G. Perez
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Worcester Juvenile Court, Worcester, MA |
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Professor Alex R. Piquero
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Presidential Scholar & Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York |
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Cecely Reardon, Esq
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Youth Advocacy Project, Roxbury, MA |
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Robert Schwartz, Esq
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Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA |
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Professor Elizabeth S. Scott
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Harold R. Medina Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, New York, NY |
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Wendy Wolf, Esq.
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Juvenile Defense Network, YAP Committee for Public Counsel Service, Roxbury, MA |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS |
| Professor Kenneth King
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INTRODUCTION TO MACARTHUR FOUNDATION STUDIES AND RESEARCH NETWORK ON CULPABILITY, COMPETENCE AND DESISTANCE |
| Robert Schwartz, Esq.
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| 9:30 |
ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND CRIMINAL BLAMEWORTHINESS: IS IMMATURITY A MITIGATING FACTOR? |
| An overview of the legal issues concerning mitigation and excuse of criminal responsibility. How scientific knowledge about adolescent development informs our understanding of whether and why psychological immaturity may mitigate a juvenile’s criminal blameworthiness. Results from the Network’s large-scale study of age differences in capacities relevant to criminal responsibility will be summarized. Moderator: Kenneth King
Dr. Marie T. Banich, Professor Elizabeth S. Scott, and Robert Schwartz, Esq.
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| 11:00 |
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE BRAIN AND THEIR IMPACT ON ABILITY TO REASON |
Dr. Staci A. Gruber
Dr. Marie Banich, Commentary
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| 12:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSIN AND Q & A |
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| 12:15 |
LUNCH (on your own) |
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DECISION MAKING AND DESISTANCE: HOW ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCES RATIONAL CHOICE |
Moderator: Dr. Lynda D. Field
Professor Jeffrey A. Fagan and Professor Alex R. Piquero
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CONCURRENT BREAKOUT GROUPS ON HOW SCIENCE AND RESEARCH CAN BE APPLIED TO PRACTICE |
Breakout Leaders:
Marie Banich, Ph.D.
Honorable Charles S. Belsky
Honorable Jay D. Blitzman
Lynda D. Field, Ph.D.
Staci A. Gruber, Ph.D.
Professor Wendy Kaplan
Honorable Stephen M. Limon
Professor Pierre Monette, Jr.
Honorable Luiz G. Perez
Cecely Reardon, Esq.
Robert Schwatz, Esq.
Wendy Wolf, Esq.
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| 4:00 |
REPORTS FROM WORKING GROUPS |
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| Date: |
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Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| Tuition: |
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Tuition is $69.00, $25.00 each for 5 or more from the same office. Course book is included in the tuition charge.
You cannot register on-line for the group discount, please call (617) 573-8627 to register.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you may send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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| Credit: |
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This course will provide CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & ME. This course has been approved for 6.5 hours for CPCS Mental Health Litigation Credits, CAFL Credits and CPCS CLE requirement on criminal panels.
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Special
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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