CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF CRIMINALITY

• NCJ Number: 37868
• Author(s): S A MEDNICK
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 24 pages
• Corporate Author: International Ctre for Biological and Medico-Forensic Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Brazil
• Note: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINOLOGY, 2D - BIOLOGICAL MODEL, PART 2

Annotation

THIS STUDY SUGGESTS THAT GENETICALLY-CONTROLLED BIOLOGICAL FACTORS DO PLAY A ROLE IN THE ETIOLOGY OF CRIMINALITY.

Abstract

THE RESULTS OF ADOPTION AND TWIN STUDIES ARE DESCRIBED. THESE STUDIES SUPPORT AN HYPOTHESIS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GENETIC INFLUENCE IN THE ETIOLOGY OF CRIMINALITY. THE XYY CHROMOSOME AND THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ARE DISCUSSED.