Describe development during adolescence, in terms of the brain, learning, and reward and consequence.
A central principle under which the U.S. criminal justice system holds people accountable is the capacity to decipher right from wrong and to understand the consequences of one’s actions. Adolescents are in-between—not adults, not children. They certainly understand right and wrong, but their cognitive capacity is not as developed, nor their reasoning as sophisticated, as … Read more