I Would There Were No Age Between 10 And 3-20

The quote assigned to group two, that I am a apart, is “I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting…”. This quote came from Act III scene iii of the William Shakespeare play “A Winter’s Tale” (1565). The quote came from the shepherd in The Winter’s Tale, who speaks about the atrocities that he faced at the hands of juveniles during hunting season. The quote also discusses the strife of teen pregnancies, as it still effects the nation today. The quote, in and of itself, simply means that youth from the age of ten through twenty-three go through puberty in this time, which causes them to think irrationally and impulsively. It is during this time that some youth tend to not get along with their elders. This can create a disconnect, if you will, between generations.
According to Steinberg (2013), there is a direct correlation to adolescent’s brain development which impairs their cognitive ability to make good decisions. Now, this does not give every teenager the right to go out and run amuck, by any means. The scientific studies suggest that the younger the person, their prefrontal cortex has not fully developed. Due to the advances in neuroscience, this has had a direct effect on how the juvenile justice system operates. For instance, many states have a cut-off as to when they feel that their respective juvenile courts end jurisdiction. In Tennessee, the juvenile courts maintain jurisdiction until the age of nineteen, while other states have a cut-off at the age of