Causes of Criminality - Gender
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- Created on: 29-05-18 13:55
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Brain Injury
- The NHS website suggests that young people are more at risk of brain injury, with males more at risk than females.
- Charles Whitman and Phineas Gage are two real life cases of brain injury.
Amygdala
- In general, it seems that there are no gender differences in amygdala functioning related to criminality.
- Research - Shirtcliff gives some evidence for gender differences in empathy (more in females) and conduct disorders (more prevalent in males). Such differences in emotionality may come from the amygdala.
XYY
- XYY is only related to males, meaning it…
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