The Biology Of Crime And Violence Summary
I watched the video about the Biology of Crime and Violence. In the video Adrian Raine talks about the biological factors affecting whether or not someone will become a violent criminal. He states that there isn’t exactly a killer gene but there are genes that predisposed or raise the odds that someone will become a violent criminal. After doing studies on twins it was found that 50% of the cause of crime antisocial behavior can be related to genes. Some of the risk factors are prenatal smoking, prenatal drinking, malnutrition and a low resting heart rate. A statistic that stood out to me from the video was that 90% of homicides are committed by men. They have also found the prefrontal cortex to be reduced in men which is what controls anger,