Classic study- Raine

Raine 

AIM- to find out if theres a difference in the structure of brain activity between people who have committed murder and non-murderers

IV-Whether the participant is an offender pleading (NGRI) or a non-murderer in the control group- Controls matched on age and sex- independant group design 

DV- Relative glucose levels in lobes of the brain revealed by a PET scan

SAMPLE- 41 offenders (NGRI) and 41 controls. NGRI's 39 men and 2 women.-Opportunity sample 

The controls were people of the same age and sex with no history of crime or mental illness

Procedure

• tested at university of California 
• each participant was injected with…