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Frontal lobes and older sex offenders: a preliminary investigation
Author(s) -
Fazel Seena,
O'Donnell Ian,
Hope Tony,
Gulati Gautam,
Jacoby Robin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.1648
Subject(s) - library science , university hospital , mental health , psychiatry , public health , sociology , medicine , psychology , family medicine , nursing , computer science
We tested the hypothesis that frontal lobe changes are associated with sexual offending in older men by administering frontal lobe tests to 50 older men incarcerated for sexual offences and to 50 older controls who were in prison for other crimes. This was part of a wider study on the psychiatric and personality characteristics of sexual offenders (Fazel et al., 2002). The control group was chosen in order to attempt to account for non-specific offender effects, and allow for comparison with demographic variables that might confound any potential association