Youths who have committed homicide 'show differences in brain structure'

Elizabeth Prewitt PACEsConnection writer 6/3/1412:00 PM

The senior author of this study, Dr. Kent Kiehl of The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico, commented on the findings: “As policymakers grapple with the high societal, human, and budgetary costs of violent crime and incarceration among young people, it is within the power of neuroscience to help understand the brain abnormalities involved.”

A new study published in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical suggests that youths between the ages of 12 and 18 who have committed homicide have significantly different brain structures, compared with other teenage criminals who have not committed homicide.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/277580.php

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