Are children capable of understanding the consequences of their actions? Maybe not; recent studies suggest that the brains prefrontal lobe, which some scientists speculate plays a crucial role in inhibiting inappropriate behavior, may not reach full development until age 20.
Its unlikely that Americas thirst for vengeance will be sated by scientific theory. We are, as a nation, very much in favor of treating child criminals as adults — a recent ABC news poll showed 55 percent of us believe the crime, not the perpetrators age, should be the determining factor in sentencing.
Its unlikely that Americas thirst for vengeance will be sated by scientific theory. We are, as a nation, very much in favor of treating child criminals as adults — a recent ABC news poll showed 55 percent of us believe the crime, not the perpetrators age, should be the determining factor in sentencing.
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