Article
XYY genotype and crime: 2 cases.
Medicine, science, and the law - 1 Jul 1992
Freyne A, O'Connor A
Abstract excerpt
The presence of 47, XYY genotype has stimulated much debate as to whether these men are more likely to indulge in criminal and violent behaviour than 46, XY males. Two cases of XYY men who had committed murder are described, and the current literature regarding criminality and psychopathology in...
Topics
- Adult
- Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders
- Genotype
- Homicide
- Humans
- Insanity Defense
- Male
- Sex Offenses
- XYY Karyotype