A new study suggests that stress experienced early in life damages the
ability to assess risk, creating young adults with poor decision-making
skills.
Punishment—or the threat of it—is generally considered an effective way to shape human behavior; it is, after all, the foundation of our criminal justice system. But what if there’s a subset of the population for whom this paradigm simply doesn’t apply? New research suggests that there is such a group: survivors of childhood trauma.
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/12/the-long-shadow-of-childhood-trauma/547388/
Punishment—or the threat of it—is generally considered an effective way to shape human behavior; it is, after all, the foundation of our criminal justice system. But what if there’s a subset of the population for whom this paradigm simply doesn’t apply? New research suggests that there is such a group: survivors of childhood trauma.
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/12/the-long-shadow-of-childhood-trauma/547388/