Criminality and Violence in Epileptic Prisoners
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 118 (544) , 337-343
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.118.544.337
Abstract
The belief that the phenomena of ‘crime’ and of ‘epilepsy’ are associated has a long history and probably was put in its most forceful form by Lombroso (1889; see Ferrero, 1911). Nobody now believes, as did Lombroso, that most criminals are epileptics, but the controversies surrounding the extent and form of any relationship have by no means yet been finally resolved.Keywords
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