Dabbs study
- Created by: cnorman1995
- Created on: 20-02-14 09:04
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- Dabbs
- Aim to investigate weather testosterone is related to criminal violence and prison behaviour
- inmates who had committed personal crimes of sex and violence had higher levels of testosterone than those who had committed property crimes of burglary and theft
- Inmates with higher testosterone levels also violated more rules in prison, especially ones involving overt confrontation
- 692 male prison inmates from Georgia, USA mean age 19.8yrs 1/3 white 2/3 black
- testosterone was measured from saliva samples
- behaviour was coded from prison records
- Aim to investigate weather testosterone is related to criminal violence and prison behaviour
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