Study: Immaturity May Spark Teen Crime

December 2nd, 2007 By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Study: Immaturity May Spark Teen Crime (AP)

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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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.
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