Study: Immaturity May Spark Teen Crime

December 2nd, 2007 in Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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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