Height and seriousness of crime in XYY men.
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 14 (1) , 10-12
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.14.1.10
Abstract
The case histories of XYY males in 2 security settings were ranked by degree of seriousness of crime. The correlations of these scores with height were either zero or positive. The results were contrary to the expectation of negative correlation which would be found if, in accord with Hunter''s [1966'') suggestion, authorities were biased to place XYYs in security settings because of the more threatening appearance associated with larger stature.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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