Criminality and psychopathy as related to thyroid activity in former juvenile delinquents

Alm, Per; Klinteberg, Britt af; Humble, Kristina; Leppert, Jerzy; Sörensen, Stefan; Tegelman, R.; Thorell, Lars‐Håkan; Lidberg, Lars

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09834.x

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“…Some authors have argued that characteristics of psychopathy may be evident as early as childhood (e.g., Lynam, 1996). 4 However, evidence supporting the claim that psychopathic traits ± presuming they can be assessed reliably among juveniles ± represent a stable personality pattern that continues into early adulthood is only indirect at present (see, e.g., Alm et al, 1996aAlm et al, , 1996bHarpur & Hare, 1994;af Klinteberg, Humble, & Schalling, 1992). Adolescence is a time of enormous developmental change, during 3 Elimination of child/adolescent behavior problem items from the PCL-R is a controversial position, in that Quinsey et al (1998) have argued that these are central to the construct of psychopathy and account for much of the variance in the prediction of violent recidivism that is associated with PCL-R scores among adult offenders.…”

Section: Are Adult Features Of Psychopathy Applicable To Juveniles?mentioning

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Assessment of “juvenile psychopathy” and its association with violence: a critical review*

Edens

Skeem

Cruise

et al. 2001

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Interest in the construct of psychopathy as it applies to children and adolescents has become an area of considerable research interest in the past 5-10 years, in part due to the clinical utility of psychopathy as a predictor of violence among adult offenders. Despite interest in "juvenile psychopathy" in general and its relationship to violence in particular, relatively few studies specifically have examined whether operationalizations of this construct among children and adolescents predict various forms of aggression. This article critically reviews this literature, as well as controversies regarding the assessment of adult psychopathic "traits" among juveniles. Existing evidence indicates a moderate association between measures of psychopathy and various forms of aggression, suggesting that this construct may be relevant for purposes of short-term risk appraisal and management among juveniles. However, due to the enormous developmental changes that occur during adolescence and the absence of longitudinal research on the stability of this construct (and its association with violence), we conclude that reliance on psychopathy measures to make decisions regarding long-term placements for juveniles is contraindicated at this time.

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Section: Are Adult Features Of Psychopathy Applicable To Juveniles?mentioning

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Assessment of “juvenile psychopathy” and its association with violence: a critical review*

Edens

Skeem

Cruise

et al. 2001

Behavioral Sci & The Law

332

275

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“…Elevated thyroid hormones have been found to decrease the sympathetic activity [24] and low sympathetic activity has been demonstrated in criminal groups [25] . Concerning smoking, previous results in the present sample revealed no differences in T 3 levels between smokers and nonsmokers [18] . Furthermore, the results with respect to T 3 and smoking seem to be inconsistent [26,27] .…”

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“…Juvenile delinquents with persistent criminality had higher mean T 3 levels at adult age than juvenile delinquents without persistent criminality, as well as non-criminal controls [18] . Further support for an association between high T 3 levels and criminal behaviour was recently published from a follow-up study of forensic patients.…”

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Monoamine Oxidase Activity and Tri-Iodothyronine Level in Violent Offenders with Early Behavioural Problems

Eklund

Alm

Klinteberg³

2005

Neuropsychobiology

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The focus is on evaluating the relationships between early behavioural problems and biochemical variables at adult age and their significance for early criminality and violent behaviour in a life perspective. In the present study, using prospective longitudinal data, a sample of males with a history of early criminal behaviour and male controls (n = 103) were investigated concerning (1) teacher-rated behaviours at age 11–14 years; (2) platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity and tri-iodothyronine (T₃) level at adult age; (3) registered early criminality (11–14 years); (4) records of violent offending up to age 35 years, and (5) interview data on smoking. The main finding was that a combined risk level pattern of low MAO activity and high T₃ level was found significantly more frequently than expected in violent offenders with an early behavioural risk pattern. Furthermore, there was a significant interaction effect between early attention difficulties and smoking on MAO activity, as well as an effect by smoking on MAO activity. The findings are discussed in terms of the possible influence of biological vulnerability to certain behaviours, which in combination with possible childhood stress, enhance the risk for antisocial behaviours and subsequent violence.

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“…Examples include theories targeting the relationship between the various functions of the brain and delinquency, such as brain damage [11,12] and low or unstable serotonin levels [13,14]. This line of research focuses primarily on the causes of violent crime, assuming that aggressive individuals are specialists in violent crime.…”

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The Phenomenology of Specialization of Criminal Suspects

Tumminello

Edling²,

Liljeros

et al. 2012

SSRN Journal

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A criminal career can be either general, with the criminal committing different types of crimes, or specialized, with the criminal committing a specific type of crime. A central problem in the study of crime specialization is to determine, from the perspective of the criminal, which crimes should be considered similar and which crimes should be considered distinct. We study a large set of Swedish suspects to empirically investigate generalist and specialist behavior in crime. We show that there is a large group of suspects who can be described as generalists. At the same time, we observe a non-trivial pattern of specialization across age and gender of suspects. Women are less prone to commit crimes of certain types, and, for instance, are more prone to specialize in crimes related to fraud. We also find evidence of temporal specialization of suspects. Older persons are more specialized than younger ones, and some crime types are preferentially committed by suspects of different ages.

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Criminality and psychopathy as related to thyroid activity in former juvenile delinquents

Cited by 31 publications

References 23 publications

Assessment of “juvenile psychopathy” and its association with violence: a critical review*

Assessment of “juvenile psychopathy” and its association with violence: a critical review*

Monoamine Oxidase Activity and Tri-Iodothyronine Level in Violent Offenders with Early Behavioural Problems

The Phenomenology of Specialization of Criminal Suspects

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