How Typical Is the Behavior Shown by a 15-Year-Old Boy

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Essay

How typical is the behavior shown by a 15-year-old boy who stole a small private plane and crashed it into a building in January 2002? Are most teenagers angry and unhappy? What are the three kinds of problems that are more common during adolescence than they were in childhood or will be in adulthood?

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Definitions:

Specific Performance

An equitable remedy of the court that may be granted for breach of contract where money damages would be inadequate, and that requires the defendant to carry out the agreement according to its terms.

Possession

The state or fact of owning or having control over something, either physically or legally.

Full Payment

The complete settlement of an amount due, leaving no balance.

Assignment

The transfer of a debtor’s property to an Official Receiver under a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy.