Introduction

The Developing Brain: New Directions in Science, Policy, and Law

Authors: Susan Frelich Appleton (Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis.) , Deanna M. Barch (Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry; Chair, Psychological & Brain Sciences; Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences; & Professor of Radiology, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis.) , Anneliese M. Schaefer (Professor of Neurology; Director, Office of Neuroscience Research; Executive Director, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis)

Abstract

Keywords: Law, Science, Behavior, Development, Social, Emotional, Legal Precedent, Public Policy, Maturation, Behavioral Studies, Cognitive Development, Juvenile Justice, Cruel and Unusual, Adolescent, Brain, Neuroscience, Sentencing, Mental State, Mens Rea, Imaging, Socio-economic status, health problems, childhood development, society

How to Cite: Appleton, S. F. , Barch, D. M. & Schaefer, A. M. (2018) “The Developing Brain: New Directions in Science, Policy, and Law”, Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. 57(1).