OP-ED: To Reduce Youth Crime, Focus on Poverty [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 9/30/144:00 AM

A forum provided by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange features a great deal of emphasis on biological factors in youthful offending, most prominently the issue of adolescent brain development. Some of the titles suggest where the emphasis lies: “Brain Development Should Play Bigger Role in Determining Treatment of Juvenile Offenders” and “National Academies Report Says Teen Neurology Should Shape Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts.”

[For more of this story, written by Randall G. Shelden, go to http://jjie.org/op-ed-to-reduc...s-on-poverty/107688/]

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