Prospective Study of the Association Between Abandoned Dwellings and Testosterone Level on the Development of Behaviors Leading to Cannabis Use Disorder in Boys

Tarter, Ralph E.; Kirisci, Levent; Gavaler, Judith S.; Reynolds, Maureen; Kirillova, Galina P.; Clark, Duncan B.; Wu, Jionglin; Moss, Howard B.; Vanyukov, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.08.032

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“…Increased levels of testosterone at ages 10-12 are predictive of assaultive behavior at ages 12-14, norm-violating behavior at age 16, and cannabis use at age 19 37 . Higher levels of testosterone at age 16 are associated with crime in adulthood 38 .…”

Section: Hormones and Neurotransmittersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neurocriminology: implications for the punishment, prediction and prevention of criminal behaviour

2013

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Criminal behaviour and violence are increasingly viewed as worldwide public health problems. A growing body of knowledge shows that criminal behaviour has a neurobiological basis, and this has intensified judicial interest in the potential application of neuroscience to criminal law. It also gives rise to important questions. What are the implications of such application for predicting future criminal behaviour and protecting society? Can it be used to prevent violence? And what are the implications for the way offenders are punished?

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Section: Hormones and Neurotransmittersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neurocriminology: implications for the punishment, prediction and prevention of criminal behaviour

2013

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“…Abandoned buildings are an acceptable proxy for neighborhood disadvantage and physical disorder and have been found to be potent and salient risk factors for substance use in young adults (Tarter et al, 2009) and premature mortality (Cohen et al, 2003). We are interested in this particular feature of the built-and-social-neighborhood environment because it follows a clear theoretical framework linking neighborhood malaise to crime and incivility and targets a readily quantifi able and malleable feature of the built environment.…”

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The Growth of Neighborhood Disorder and Marijuana Use Among Urban Adolescents: A Case for Policy and Environmental Interventions

Furr‐Holden¹,

Lee²,

Milam³

et al. 2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

145

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study examines the growth of neighborhood disorder and subsequent marijuana use among urban adolescents transitioning into young adulthood. Method: Data are derived from a longitudinal sample of 434 predominately African American 12th graders followed-up at 2 years after high school. The data are rich in repeated measures documenting substance use and misuse and neighborhood characteristics. Growth mixture modeling was used to examine how neighborhood disorder trajectories, measured through the presence of abandoned buildings on the blocks where participants reside, infl uence subsequent drug use beginning in late adolescence and into young adulthood. Results: A four-class solution characterizing neighborhood growth was selected as the fi nal model and included rapidly improving, slightly improving, always-good, and deteriorating neighborhoods. Young adults living in neighborhoods that had been deteriorating over time were 30% more likely to use marijuana 2 years after high school than adolescents living in always-good neighborhoods (odds ratio = 1.30, p = .034). There was no relationship between living in a neighborhood that was improving and marijuana use. Conclusions: This study identifi ed a salient and malleable neighborhood characteristic, abandoned housing, which predicted elevated risk for young-adult marijuana use. This research supports environmental strategies that target abandoned buildings as a means to improve health and health behaviors for community residents, particularly young-adult substance use. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 72,

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“…One study found that boys brought up in areas with more boarded-up buildings had higher testosterone levels, and were more risk-taking than boys from similar social groups living in less run down neighbourhoods 26. Higher testosterone is linked with increased aggression, and it makes sense that one might non-consciously become more risk-taking and aggressive when the context feels unsafe.…”

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Adaptation: a contemporary view, revisiting Crichton-Miller's 1925 paper

Music¹

2016

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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In this paper I discuss a contemporary 'take' on the concept of adaptation in light of Crichton-Miller's original 1926 paper. I look briefly at some of the ways that contemporary thinking is both similar to and different from ideas of 90 years ago. In particular I think about how recent neurobiological findings, epigenetic research and attachment theory have cast new light on our understanding of the ways humans adapt to social and emotional environments. It looks at how psychiatric presentations which are seen as maladaptive might well have an adaptive origin in early life. In this account I emphasise how a more modern version of evolutionary theory can be developed, particularly one influenced by life history theory, and suggest that such ideas have powerful explanatory power as well as being based solidly in good research.

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Prospective Study of the Association Between Abandoned Dwellings and Testosterone Level on the Development of Behaviors Leading to Cannabis Use Disorder in Boys

Cited by 35 publications

References 46 publications

Neurocriminology: implications for the punishment, prediction and prevention of criminal behaviour

Neurocriminology: implications for the punishment, prediction and prevention of criminal behaviour

The Growth of Neighborhood Disorder and Marijuana Use Among Urban Adolescents: A Case for Policy and Environmental Interventions

Adaptation: a contemporary view, revisiting Crichton-Miller's 1925 paper

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