From the following news article titled “Experts link teen brains’ immaturity, juvenile crime,” I have found key, main points from this news article detailing’s relating teen’s brains’ to juvenile crimes committed. What I took from the news article:
- “Youths are more likely to show “a lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility” than adults.”…These qualities often result in impetuous and ill-considered actions and decisions.”
- “It does mean, particularly when confronted with stressful or emotional decisions, they are more likely to act impulsively, on instinct, without fully understanding or analyzing the consequences of their actions.”
- “The inexplicable behavior and poor judgments teens are known for almost always happen …show more content…
Yes, trailing them as adults in court is a better benefit of the doubt; however, putting them through jail time is as harsh as damaging their brain cells, to possible committing more crimes when reentering the world outside. Instead, researchers and parents, finds that putting these juvenile’s through rehabilitation is a better bet; because it is a chance to engage their brains’ to mature and learn from this time being there. Of these findings, I found that all are relatively agreeable in my terms; because it is true that behaviors of a teens’ brain is incapable of making decisions that does not affect the law in a righteous way. Hence, a teens’ brain is capable of telling what is right from wrong, but it does not necessary work towards the conclusion of punishment that can go along with the actions committed. Likewise, my experience of stealing a set of false nails from Walmart. At the time those false nails was what I can conclude as a must wanted item of my 12-year-old mind, I knew it was wrong of me; however, I did not think of what the consequences were to steal the false
- “Youths are more likely to show “a lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility” than adults.”…These qualities often result in impetuous and ill-considered actions and decisions.”
- “It does mean, particularly when confronted with stressful or emotional decisions, they are more likely to act impulsively, on instinct, without fully understanding or analyzing the consequences of their actions.”
- “The inexplicable behavior and poor judgments teens are known for almost always happen …show more content…
Yes, trailing them as adults in court is a better benefit of the doubt; however, putting them through jail time is as harsh as damaging their brain cells, to possible committing more crimes when reentering the world outside. Instead, researchers and parents, finds that putting these juvenile’s through rehabilitation is a better bet; because it is a chance to engage their brains’ to mature and learn from this time being there. Of these findings, I found that all are relatively agreeable in my terms; because it is true that behaviors of a teens’ brain is incapable of making decisions that does not affect the law in a righteous way. Hence, a teens’ brain is capable of telling what is right from wrong, but it does not necessary work towards the conclusion of punishment that can go along with the actions committed. Likewise, my experience of stealing a set of false nails from Walmart. At the time those false nails was what I can conclude as a must wanted item of my 12-year-old mind, I knew it was wrong of me; however, I did not think of what the consequences were to steal the false