adolescent crime
Live Debate: Tuesday 23 Crime, Culpability, and the Adolescent Brain.
Read the attached article in its entirety and develop a plan to engage in a full debate on Tuesday.
You will be assigned a pro or con side, so plan for either one.
This debate is a graded debate.
Use the article and your chapter to make an argument on your team's behalf.
Have a great weekend. Please review chapter 3
Record: 1
Title:
Crime, Culpability, and the Adolescent Brain.
Authors:
Beckman, Mary
Source:
Science; 7/30/2004, Vol. 305 Issue 5684, p596-599, 3p
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*DEATH
*CRIMINAL behavior
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*BRAIN -- Research
*SOCIAL problems
Geographic Terms:
UNITED States
People:
SIMMONS, Christopher -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Abstract:
This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether capital crimes by teenagers under 18 should get the death sentence, the case for leniency is based in part on brain studies. When he was 17 years old, Christopher Simmons persuaded a younger friend to help him rob a woman, tie her up with electrical cable and duct tape, and throw her over a bridge. The latest to do so, Wyoming and South Dakota, considered brain development research in their decisions. Structurally, the brain is still growing and maturing during adolescence, beginning its final push around 16 or 17, many brain-imaging researchers agree. Teens may be highly functioning, but that doesn't make them capable of making good decisions. Brain and behavior research supports that contention, argues professor Steve Drizin, who represents the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern on the amicus curiae brief for Simmons. INSET: Adolescence: Akin to Mental Retardation?.
Full Text Word Count:
2720
ISSN:
00368075
Accession Number:
14081046
Persistent link to this record (Permalink):
https://libaccess.fdu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14081046&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Read the attached article in its entirety and develop a plan to engage in a full debate on Tuesday.
You will be assigned a pro or con side, so plan for either one.
This debate is a graded debate.
Use the article and your chapter to make an argument on your team's behalf.
Have a great weekend. Please review chapter 3
Record: 1
Title:
Crime, Culpability, and the Adolescent Brain.
Authors:
Beckman, Mary
Source:
Science; 7/30/2004, Vol. 305 Issue 5684, p596-599, 3p
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*DEATH
*CRIMINAL behavior
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*BRAIN -- Research
*SOCIAL problems
Geographic Terms:
UNITED States
People:
SIMMONS, Christopher -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Abstract:
This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether capital crimes by teenagers under 18 should get the death sentence, the case for leniency is based in part on brain studies. When he was 17 years old, Christopher Simmons persuaded a younger friend to help him rob a woman, tie her up with electrical cable and duct tape, and throw her over a bridge. The latest to do so, Wyoming and South Dakota, considered brain development research in their decisions. Structurally, the brain is still growing and maturing during adolescence, beginning its final push around 16 or 17, many brain-imaging researchers agree. Teens may be highly functioning, but that doesn't make them capable of making good decisions. Brain and behavior research supports that contention, argues professor Steve Drizin, who represents the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern on the amicus curiae brief for Simmons. INSET: Adolescence: Akin to Mental Retardation?.
Full Text Word Count:
2720
ISSN:
00368075
Accession Number:
14081046
Persistent link to this record (Permalink):
https://libaccess.fdu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14081046&site=ehost-live&scope=site