Gender, genetic risk, and criminal behavior

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-381

  Vaske, Jamie ^a   Wright, John Paul ^b   Boisvert, Danielle ^c   Beaver, Kevin Michael ^d  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal behavior; Gender; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRIME; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251600855     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.044     Document Type: Article

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