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Obstetric complications, parenting, and risk of criminal behavior

Hodgins, Sheilagh, Kratzer, Lynn, McNeil, Thomas F.·2001·Archives of General Psychiatry
DOI 10.1001/archpsyc.58.8.746
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BACKGROUND: The results of studies that have examined the relationship between prenatal and perinatal complications and adult criminality and violence are contradictory. Supporting evidence for this relationship comes from studies of samples drawn from a single cohort. The present study was designed to examine the associations between prenatal and perinatal complications and criminality, defining more precisely than past investigations subject characteristics and the types of offenses. METHODS: The cohort includes the 15 117 persons born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1953 and followed up to age 30 years. Information was extracted from obstetric files, health, social, work, and criminal records. Obstetric complications were defined as deviations from normal development occurring at any point from conception through the neonatal period. Inadequate parenting was indexed by social intervention. RESULTS: Inadequate parenting was experienced by 19.1% of the men and 18.1% of the women, and was shown to increase the risk of offending (men, 1.39 times [95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-1.50]; women, 2.09 [95% CI, 1.70-2.56]) and of violent offending (men, 2.02 times [95% CI, 1.67-2.44]; women, 2.09 [95% CI, 1.70-2.56]). Obstetric complications in the absence of family problems did not increase the risk of offending. A combination of pregnancy complications and inadequate parenting affected 3.1% of the men and 4.0% of the women, and increased the risk of offending (1.64 times [95% CI, 1.43-1.89]; 1.79 times [95% CI, 1.16-2.75], respectively) and violent offending (2.86 times [95% CI, 2.09-3.91]; 1.81 times [95% CI, 0.57-5.79]). CONCLUSIONS: A combination of pregnancy complications and inadequate parenting increased the risk of violent and nonviolent offending only slightly more than inadequate parenting alone. However, inadequate parenting was experienced by 5 times more cohort members than was the combination of inadequate parenting and pregnancy complications.

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  • The relationship between birth complications and antisocial and aggressive behavior is confounded by environmental risk factors.

    “In other words, the relationship between birth complications and antisocial and aggressive behavior is confounded by environmental risk factors (Hodgins et al., 2001; Raine et al., 1997).”

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Authors
Hodgins, S., Kratzer, L., & McNeil, T. F.
Affiliations
Université de Montréal (CA)
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Venue
Archives of General Psychiatry
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Published
2001-08-01
Volume
58
Issue
8
Pages
746
ISSN
0003-990X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.58.8.746
OpenAlex
W2063359953
Cited by
105
References
37
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 6
FWCI
37.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
pregnancy complications, perinatal complications, criminal behavior, offending, violent offending, social intervention, family problems, birth cohort
MeSH terms
Adult, Crime, Criminal Psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Social Class, Sweden, Violence, Cohort Studies, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, Parenting

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