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What are risk factors?
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Are factors that contribute to a specific trait. The more risk factor an individual has, the bigger the probability of the individual having that trait
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What is Christiansen's experiment on the genetic risk factor in criminal behavior?
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It is a twin study. He found that monozygotic twins have a bigger concordance rate for crime. He also found that the concordance rates for males are bigger than females
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What is Hutchings and Mednick's experiment?
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Adoption studies. He found that an adopted child with an adoptive and biological father as criminals will tend to be criminals more than adoptive child with adoptive father as a criminal only.
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How does brain abnormality contribute as a risk factor for criminal behavior? (Who's the researcher?)
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Blair et al. found that amygdala is impaired in criminals. Amygdala is the part of the brain responsible for regulating emotional response
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How does hormone play as a risk factor in criminal behavior?
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The US FBI report on crime shows that most murderers are male. James Dabbs then demonstrated that criminals have a higher level of testosterone. But it is argued that testosterone levels might be elevated because of environmental factors, not genetical factor. Either way, both may work
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What hormone in high dose is said to be responsible for agressive behaviour?
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Testosterone
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High or low level of serotonin is linked to an antisocial and impulsive behaviour?
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Low
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