期刊
NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY
卷 85, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2021.106960
关键词
Lead absorption; Crime; Criminal behavior; Prospective study
资金
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [P01-ES011261, R01-ES15559]
- United States Environmental Protection Agency [R82938901]
Lead exposure during childhood is linked to cognitive and behavioral deficits, increasing the risk of criminal behavior. Studies have found a correlation between childhood blood lead concentration and criminal behavior in adulthood, suggesting the importance of reducing lead exposure policies.
Using a variety of research designs and measures of lead absorption, numerous studies link childhood lead exposure to a range of cognitive and behavioral deficits, including low IQ, impulsivity, juvenile delinquency, and criminal behavior in adolescence and early adulthood. In this study, we tested the association between multiple measures of blood lead concentration assessed in childhood with criminal behavior in adulthood and across the life-course. Prospective data from the Cincinnati Lead Study (CLS) included blood lead measures quarterly across the first 78 months of life and the number of times a person was arrested across the life-course (from age 18 to 33 years) and in later adulthood (age 27 to 33 years). Childhood blood lead concentration prospectively predicted variation in adult arrests and arrests over the life-course, indicating lead absorption is implicated in the etiology of crime-especially in geographic areas where environmental sources of lead are more prevalent and concentrated. Efforts to decrease lead exposure in both developed and developing countries should be part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce social dislocation and crime.
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