Tinkham Veal University Center Ballroom A - 11038 Bellflower Rd. Cleveland, OH 44106
2023-2024 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture
Join us for this year's Kessler Freedheim Lecture, featuring Dr. Laurence Steinberg, a Distinguished University Professor, and Laura H. Carnell, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University, for his informative talk at Tinkham Veale University Center (TVUC) Ballroom A.
Major findings in developmental neuroscience over the past couple of decades have shed new light on our understanding of adolescence. In particular, the prefrontal cortex part of the teen brain, which controls executive function and its connectivity with the limbic system, is still developing through late adolescence and into young adulthood. Dr. Laurence Steinberg, an expert in adolescent development, will discuss how these developmental characteristics of adolescence make teens different from and less culpable than adults in the criminal justice system. Dr. Steinberg will explore how this research has led to transformative change in the U.S. legal system and juvenile justice policy over the past 20 years, as well as implications for future youth justice reform efforts.
Dr. Steinberg is joined by our discussants, Amy L. Ast, Director of the Ohio Department of Youth Services.
Brooke Burns, Chief Counsel, Youth Defense Department at Office of the Ohio Public Defender.
Refreshments will be provided.
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View our event brief: The Impact of Adolescent Developmental & Brain Research on Juvenile Justice Reform
Additional resources:
- Understanding Adolescent Development, Reforming Juvenile Justice
- The Bridge to Somewhere
- Getting it Right: Realigning Juvenile Corrections in Ohio to Reinvest in What Works
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