Effect of serotonin and thyroid stimulating hormone in criminal behavior of Iraqi males
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serotonin, thyroid stimulating hormone, criminal behaviorAbstract
Aim: Investigate the role of serotonin and thyroid stimulating hormone and their relationship with criminal behavior in Iraqi males prisoners. Method: A questionnaire was taken including the age, marital status, duration of imprisonment, residence, previous delinquency, educational level, and type of crime. Blood samples were taken from all of subjects involved in this study which was 80 (40 prisoners and 40 healthy control). All prisoners and control were from the same ethnic group (Arabic). Measurement of serotonin and thyroid stimulating hormone concentrations was performed for criminals and control groups. seR ults: The results showed that the 21-30 years age group of criminals prisoners were more frequent 17(42.5%) than control 3(7.5%) followed by age group 31-40 years which was 13(32.5%) compared to control 24(60%), whereas the percentage was 10 (25 %) in 41-50 years age group compared to control group 13(32.5%). According to educational level, most of the prisoners had no degree or at primary school 15(37.5%) followed by those with secondary school 10(25%) compared to the control group who had primary school 16(40%) was more frequent followed by university degree 11(27.5%) then secondary school 8(20%) and diploma degree 5(12.5%).
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