Is the association between general cognitive ability and violent crime caused by family-level confounders?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PEDIGREE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUNISHMENT; REGISTER; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SWEDISH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864239656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041783     Document Type: Article

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