It has been said that an adult’s
brain is matured one while an adolescent has an immature brain. The main
difference between the two is that an adult brain has. During adolescence, the
brain undergoes major alterations and modifications which involves the development
of new associations between the nerve cells, in addition to the pruning of the
existing synaptic acquaintances. These amendments influence the procedures
involved in scheduling and decision making, impulse management, voluntary progress,
memory, and speech construction, amid others. (Rubia et al., 2000) The adolescent
brain is at a stage of immaturity and thus lacks the power of judgement. The
major difference found between the two is the amount of gray and white matter
of the brain. Adults have increased amount of white matter while the adolescent
brain has gray matter which have started to reduce so that the white matter can
be amplified.
The brain grows up during
adolescence. During this occasion, gray matter
which are the areas of the brain in charge for dealing out information and accumulating
memories enlarges in size, predominantly in the anterior lobe of the brain, as
a consequence of a boost in the quantity of synaptic connections among nerve
cells. Around the teenage years, yet, a winnowing procedure begins in which associations
that are not worn or reinforced start on to dry up or wither. When the white
matter is in greater quantity the power to restrain impulsiveness is increased.
The adults have an increased amount of white matter while the adolescents are at
the stage in which the gray matter is
pruning. (Feldman, 2012, p.266)
The most detailed
verification for the maturation progressions of the brain comes
from magnetic resonance imaging revisions, which emphasize the
varying arrangement of gray matter of the brain and the extent of myelination
in adolescents and adults. Another chief dispute advanced is that
adolescents rely extra heavily on amygdale.
It is an evolving grown-up area of the brain linked with the primal impulses of
violence, anger and of fear . The adults do not rely upon it as much. This
proposal seems reasonable, since the pre-frontal cortex, which act together
with and in effect reins in the amygdala to irritability impulsiveness and gut response
with interpretation, does not fully develop until the age of early 20’s.
It
is for sure that every day many cases are settled and many of them are sentenced
but due to their less age they are given the small and less punishment than the
adults. It is totally wrong. According to many people’s opinions the teenagers
should also have a same treatment as the adults are when they commit some
crime. When teenagers are given shortened sentences than they are released and
after some time they began to have a happy and peaceful life. This also gives
the teenagers a second chance to commit a crime. If the adolescents commit big
crimes like murder or any other crime than they should definitely be considered
as the adults and the courts should give the same punishments as they gave to
the adults. (Teen Ink)
If we use logic then we can see it clearly that
when the young men are committing the adult crime then it is a natural
phenomenon that they should also be treated as the adult. Many people are
against this opinion but I think that they should be treated strictly as if
they were given the chance then it is a greater risk for the society. If they
were then given the chance they will have an opinion that the law is taking
them as an innocent people and they will continue with their crimes.
If we discuss it in detail, then this opinion may
be changed. According to the crimes, the opinion may be changed. If the teenagers
have committed the crime of lower degree or small crime then they may be given
the excuse. If they have not committed a big crime or a sin that do not affect
the society than they can be ignored or provided relief. Like in the under
discussed paragraph the Supreme court has given few statements that tell us to
treat juvenile not as adults.
If
we see opinions than there are many cases in which the adolescents are given
the relief. The United Nation convention on the rights of the child also
suggests that the juvenile should be provided relief and they should not be
strictly punished. As they are immature and they don’t know the social values
so often they commit crimes unintentionally. They are weak in self control that's
why they are not able to take control over themselves and in a result they
commit crimes. That’s why they provided relief to the young people. (International
Justice Project). The adolescents are less capable of their misconduct because
of their immaturity. They should be treated likewise not like as the adults. (by
procon.org)
Works Cited
1. Rubia K,
Overmeyer S, Taylor E, Brammer M, Williams SCR, Simmons A, Andrew C, Bullmore
ET(2000). Functional frontalization with
age: Mapping neurodevelopmental trajectories with MRI. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Review 24(1):13-19.
2. Feldman ( 2012,) Physical development in adolescence. P.266
3.
Teens Should Absolutely Be Tried as Adults
When They Commit Adult Crimes.
Teen Ink <http://teenink.com/opinion/social_issues_civics/article/162031/Teens-Should-Absolutely-Be-Tried-as-Adults-When-They-Commit-Adult-Crimes/>
5. Roper v. Simmons - Death Penalty ProCon.org (2008)
<http://deathpenalty.procon.org/sourcefiles/RopervSimmons.pdf>
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