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IshouldliketocommentonthearticleinTheBigIssueoncriminalssupposedlyhavingsmaller

brains[Fact/Fiction,February24-March1].

Thosewhosuffertraumathroughoutchildhoodmaywellhavetheirbrainstructureand

sizeaffectedbytheirchallengingexperiences.Theindividual’sphysiologyhastodesperately

adapttolifewithindysfunctionalstructures.Manyinprisonorwhowereinthecaresystem

havehadtraumaticexperienceswhichhaveledtosuchbrain/bodyadaptions.

“Badbehaviour”doesnotstemfromhavinga smallerbrainbutfromabuse,neglectand

unmetneeds.Behaviouriscommunication.

WhyLoveMattersbySueGerhardtexplainsthiskindoftheoryinanaccessibleand

helpfulway.

Thosewhohavehadanunsupportedstartinlifedonotneedmorestigmaattachedtotheir

alreadychallenginglives.Asa retiredteacher,I knowthistobealltootrue.

Anall-roundindividualisedpackageofsupportandnourishingcommunicationare

whatisneededbythoseat risk of engaging in criminal activity, as promoted, of course, by

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Crime on the brain

Gettingahead

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