What leads children to commit ‘evil’ acts? | Letter
by Letters from on (#4A0YP)
Scientists have studied the active brains of adolescents with psychopathic traits, and have consistently found particular structural abnormalities, writes Sally Llewellyn
Vincent Lambe says he wants his film Detainment to open a conversation ('I was told James Bulger's killers were evil', G2, 22 February). He also refers to "trauma and troubled childhoods" leading to children committing horrendous acts.
In fact the conversation is already well under way among some neuroscientists. Enabled by the advent of brain MRI scans, these scientists have studied the active brains of adolescents with psychopathic traits, and have consistently found particular structural abnormalities.
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