New research on children’s behavior.
| New York Times Magazine | May 2012The idea that a young child could have psychopathic tendencies remains controversial among psychologists. Laurence Steinberg, a psychologist at Temple University, has argued that psychopathy, like other personality disorders, is almost impossible to diagnose accurately in children, or even in teenagers — both because their brains are still developing and because normal behavior at these ages can be misinterpreted as psychopathic.
A cop kills a fellow officer during a drug bust and claims it was an accident. Others suspect that it wasn’t.
| GQ | Aug 2008The story of Trina Garnett, “one of approximately 470 prisoners in Pennsylvania serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.”
| The Nation | May 2012