NCJ Number
38012
Journal
ACTA CRIMINOLOGIAE ET MEDICINAE LEGALIS JAPONICA Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Dated: (JUNE 1976) Pages: 77-96
Date Published
1976
Length
20 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN JAPAN AND COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS WITH STUDIES PERFORMED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
Abstract
THE REVIEW FOUND THAT THE FREQUENCIES OF X-CHROMATIN POSITIVE MALES AND X-CHROMATIN EXCESS FEMALES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED, MENTALLY-ILL, AND OFFENDER POPULATIONS ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN JAPAN THAN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. STUDIES IN ALL COUNTRIES SHOWED HIGHER FREQUENCY OF X-CHROMATIN POSITIVE MALES IN MILDLY RETARDED THAN IN SEVERELY RETARDED POPULATIONS. INDIVIDUALS WITH ABNORMAL X-CHROMATIN AMONG JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AND CRIMINALS SEEM TO BELONG TO THE LOWER INTELLIGENCE LEVELS, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT IMPAIRED INTELLIGENCE INTERVENES BETWEEN SEX CHROMOSOME ANOMALIES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.