A Swedish national adoption study of criminality

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1913-1925

  Kendler, K S ^a,b   Larsson Lonn S ^c   Morris, N A ^a   Sundquist, J ^c,d   Langstrom N ^e   Sundquist, K ^c,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

crime; environment; genetics; Key words Adoption studies; non violent crime; Sweden; violent crime

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PARENT; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84901612679     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002638     Document Type: Article

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