Why anti-social behaviour has intensified, and how to stop it.
"I think this is something that has intensified, although the underlying causes have been there," he said.
"But that certainly is one of them - the not-yet fully matured brain leading to activity such as this"."If you look at the person themselves, or the group, some of the psychological things going on is what's called successful enactment," he said. "There's also the buzz and excitement, as well as the status that happens, within a group following... street violence or anti-social behaviour.'Pro-social behaviour'"It's partly to do with group belonging and partly to do with status within the group," he said.
"One of them, of course, is giving these young people something else to achieve - be it in sports, academically or in work - where they can get a sense of accomplishment in a way that is pro-social as opposed to anti-social.
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