CRIMINALITY AND CHROMOSOMAL CONSTITUTION - RESULTS OF A GENETIC STUDY OF THREE POPULATIONS OF CRIMINALS AND OF A CONTROL GROUP FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION

• NCJ Number: 16332
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Dated: (DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 329-337
• Author(s): U KLEIN-VOGLER; W HABERLANDT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN CRIMINALITY AS A BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON, THIS WEST GERMAN STUDY FOUND A HIGHER RATE OF CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL POPULATIONS THAN IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

Abstract

TEN PERCENT OF THE OFFENDERS SHOWED CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES WHILE ONLY THREE PERCENT OF THE CONTROLS DID. THESE INCLUDED THE 'XYY' VARIANT, THE 'XXY' CONSTITUTION, MOSAICISM OF THE SEX CHROMOSOMES, AND THE 'GIANT Y CHROMOSOME'. INCLUDED ARE BRIEF CASE HISTORIES OF SOME SEXUAL OFFENDERS SHOWING CHROMOSOMAL CHANGES. ALSO PROVIDED ARE STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN TYPE OF OFFENSE AND TYPE OF CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN GERMAN