Born to be criminal? What to make of early biological risk factors for criminal behavior

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Sterzer, Philipp ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINALS; FEAR; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73949144691     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09111601     Document Type: Editorial

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