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The Psychology Of Adolescent Criminality. Ep 2. The Adolescent Brain Under Pressure
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Teenagers don’t wake up and choose chaos the way adults imagine it. They can tell you the rules, list the consequences, and even explain the risk, then still do the thing that blows everything up five minutes later. I unpack why that happens through the lens of adolescent brain development, where the reward system and emotional intensity surge ahead while the prefrontal cortex skills for judgment, impulse control, and long-term thinking come online later.
I also walk you through a court-ordered case involving “Emily,” a 16-year-old caught up in county lines drug crime and…
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