Study: Immaturity May Spark Teen Crime

By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer, Medicine & Health / Psychology

Sheila Montgomery and her son Zack, 17, are shown, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, at their home in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

(AP) -- The teenage brain, Laurence Steinberg says, is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely result is a crash. And, perhaps, a crime.

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Posted by nilbud 12/02/07 14:46

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Amazing news teenagers are volatile and shouldn't be tried as adults. Every country in the world except the US knows this already. They should research what's wrong with their hanging judges.