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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
卷 229, 期 3, 页码 953-959出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.07.008
关键词
Prenatal androgens; Androgens; Hyperandrogenism; Testosterone; Delinquency; Violent crime; Sex crime
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资金
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare [2012-1678]
- Swedish Research Council [K2012-64X-14506-10-5, 523-2011-3807, 2011-2492, 20324-07-5]
- Swedish Initiative for Research on Microdata in the Social And Medical Sciences (SIMSAM) [340-2013-5867]
- Magnus Bergvalls Foundation
- Karolinska Institutet
- Stockholm County Council
Both prenatal and circulating testosterone and other androgens have been suggested to influence the individual's propensity to commit crime, but empirical evidence is limited and inconsistent. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are both hyperandrogenic conditions but with an important difference; whereas subjects with CAH are exposed to high concentrations of androgens in utero, women with PCOS are subjected to high androgens in adulthood. Comparing these groups can therefore yield important insights of androgenic effects on behavior. In the current study, information on medical diagnoses and convicted crimes were gathered from Swedish population-based registers. The associations between diagnoses of CAH or PCOS and any crime, violent crime or sex crime were estimated with conditional logistic regression. Results showed that CAH in women and men did not predict criminality, whereas an increased risk for any crime and violent crime was found in PCOS women. Our findings indicate that female hyperandrogenism in adulthood, but not prenatal hyperandrogenism, is associated with risk for criminal behavior. Further research into hyperandrogenic conditions holds opportunities to deepen our understanding of the etiology of crime and psychopathology. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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