NCJ Number
14408
Date Published
1973
Length
3 pages
Annotation
STUDY ON THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEX CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITY AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
ONE HUNDRED MALE PRISONERS WHO HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH AND TRIED FOR MURDER, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FINAL VERDICT, WERE KARYOTYPED, AND AT LEAST TEN CELLS PER INDIVIDUAL WERE EXAMINED. (KARYOTYPING IS THE TESTING OF BODY CELLS FOR SIZE, NUMBER AND SHAPE.) AN ABNORMALITY INVOLVING THE SEX CHROMOSOMES WAS FOUND TO EXIST IN ONLY TWO CASES, BUT NO SIGNIFICANCE WAS ATTACHED TO THESE NORMAL VARIANTS. RESEARCHERS CONCLUDED THAT A SEX CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY DID NOT CORRELATE TO ANY GREAT EXTENT WITH AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, USING 'KILLERS' AS AN INDEX OF AGGRESSION. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)