Identify children at risk of committing crimes

If a child is at risk of becoming a criminal, its differences compared to the average person will begin to manifest from the age of four and adults can see.

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Dr. Nathalie Fontaine, an Indiana University psychiatrist in the US, analyzed personal data of more than 9,000 twins in a survey in England and Wales between 1994 and 1996. During the survey, experts asked teachers about their emotional characteristics and behavioral problems when they were 7, 9 and 12 years old. Young parents provide the child's personal information since the young entered the fourth age, Telegraph said.

The analytical results show that children who are often expressionless at the pain, willing to commit cruel acts, easily get angry and are not afraid of being punished tend to become criminals at an adult stage.

Professor Adrian Raine, a learned criminal who worked at the British Ministry of Home Affairs and now teaches at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, says that abnormal brain structure may be one of the reasons people have Crime trend. Many of his studies show that criminals have some areas of the brain - such as the amygdala and the prefrontal area - that are smaller than normal people. These two areas handle and control emotions and behaviors. He believes that, not afraid of adult sanctions is one of the signs that children are able to commit criminal acts when they grow up.

Raine and Fontane announced their findings in a conference of the American High-level Science Association in Washington, USA. They said that identifying unusual problems in children early is an important factor to prevent them from becoming dangerous elements for society. For example, Raine said that adults can give their children psychological treatment so they can fight their own behavioral problems, and give them plenty of food or Omega 3 fatty acids to balance their feelings. contact.

" If we can detect children at risk of becoming criminals early, we can help them and their families ," she said.