Causes of Criminality - Gender

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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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