Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting

Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting provides expert consulting to the legal and juvenile justice communities on child and adolescent development, including brain development, mental health assessment, and recidivism risk assessment. We also provide data analysis and research consulting services in the context of grants or in-house projects. Expert witness testimony and consulting are available on these and related topics.

Neuroscience and Juvenile Justice Education

The role of brain development in increasing risk for antisocial behavior is widely accepted in both the scientific and legal communities. This is complex topic with important implications across legal and criminal justice settings. From basic overviews of the topic to in-depth trainings on the application of developmental neuroscience in legal and criminal justice settings, Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting has expertise in both the basic developmental science and how to apply the science in real-world settings.

Data and Analysis Consulting

Whether working to formulate methodological and statistical approaches for grants or examining internal data for Quality Improvement, Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting can provide expertise. With over 60 peer-reviewed publication in top academic journals and experience on US Federal grants at all levels, including Principal Investigator, Dr. White can help to write competitive grant proposals, advise on data collection and analysis, co-interpret data, and write reports or manuscripts.

Expert Witness Testimony

Nebraska Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Consulting has experience in providing expert testimony and services to legal teams. Dr. White is an expert in the neuroscience of antisocial behavior and in the role of development in antisocial behavior. Notably, Dr. White is able to provide testimony on the state-of-the-science with respect the role of brain development in antisocial behavior.

Topics that Dr. White will testify to currently include:

  1. The inappropriateness of transferring younger youth to adult court and/or applying adult legal standards to juveniles

  2. The inappropriateness of using individual-level functional MRI data in the courtroom in almost all cases.