Heritability, assortative mating and gender differences in violent crime: Results from a total population sample using twin, adoption, and sibling models

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-18

  Frisell, Thomas ^a   Pawitan, Yudi ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Antisocial behavior; Assortative mating; GLMM; Heritability; Probit link; Sibling; Twin; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARSON; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; KIDNAPPING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SPOUSE; SWEDEN; THREAT; TWINS; VIOLENCE;

ADOPTION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856635373     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9483-0     Document Type: Article

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