1967
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5539.533
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Behaviour disorders and pattern of crime among XYY males identified at a maximum security hospital.

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“…Both young men were over 6 feet tall (7,30), impulsive, aggressive and antisocial, to a degree that they resemble the criminal populations studied by Falek (1 I), Nielsen (23,26) Telfer (38) and Wiener (43). This abnormal behaviour began in both patients at a very early age and they therefore resemble the delinquent populations studied by Borgaonkar (4), Cowie (8) and Marinello (21).…”
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“…Both young men were over 6 feet tall (7,30), impulsive, aggressive and antisocial, to a degree that they resemble the criminal populations studied by Falek (1 I), Nielsen (23,26) Telfer (38) and Wiener (43). This abnormal behaviour began in both patients at a very early age and they therefore resemble the delinquent populations studied by Borgaonkar (4), Cowie (8) and Marinello (21).…”
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“…The XYY men reported are often impulsive, aggressive and antisocial and have criminal records beginning at an earlier age than other delinquents or criminals (30). Even six of the nine cases of XYY chromosome complement found in general population surveys (39,44) showed a proclivity to impulsive destructive and antisocial behaviour.…”
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