Justice and the Developing Brain: Revisiting People Incarcerated as Youth

Justice and the Developing Brain: Revisiting People Incarcerated as Youth
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September 29, 2022, Columbia University, Schapiro Center/Online

This seminar explored how knowledge from neurodevelopmental sciences can drive systemic change in youth justice policy.

Speakers:
  1. BJ Casey, Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience, Barnard College
  2. James Garbarino, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
  3. Jon-Adrian Velazquez, New York State Program Director, Frederick Douglass Project for Justice; Teaching Fellow, Columbia University
  4. Federica Coppola, Senior Researcher in Criminal Law, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law 

Moderated by Geraldine Downey, Robert Johnston Niven Professor of Humane Letters in Psychology, Columbia University.