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Serum testosterone in violent and nonviolent young offenders
Author(s) -
Brooks John H.,
Reddon John R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199607)52:4<475::aid-jclp14>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - metis , testosterone (patch) , psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , endocrinology , medical emergency , world wide web , computer science
Single morning serum testosterone samples from 194 15–17 year old male young offenders were compared between subgroups based on violent ( n = 75), nonviolent ( n = 102), and sexual ( n = 17) offenses. The violent group had the highest level of testosterone and differed significantly from both the nonviolent and sexual offender groups which were statistically equivalent. The offenders were also classified according to native/metis ( n = 68) and Caucasian ( n = 126) groups, and the native/metis group had significantly higher testosterone than the Caucasian group. Higher testosterone in the native/metis group may be because this group committed significantly more violent offenses than the Caucasian group. Genetic factors, such as the human leucocyte antigen system, may also be associated with higher testosterone in the native/metis group. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.