Summary
The present study is part of a more comprehensive study of chromosome abnormalities in criminal men in different institutions made at the Cytogenetic Laboratory, Risskov.
A prevalence and incidence study of chromosome abnormalities has been made of 35 patients from a security ward—a ward for very dangerous psychiatric patients—and 23 males admitted to a psychiatric hospital for forensic psychiatric examination. One patient had XYY syndrome, he presented characteristic psychiatric symptoms of this syndrome. Thirty-three patients had a comparatively large Y chromosome (Y/F≧ 0.90) and like patients with the XYY syndrome they had a higher frequency of violent acts. They were often impulsive and violent during their stay at the hospital. Most of them have been sentenced to treatment at a psychiatric hospital.
Zusammenfassung
Die vorliegende Untersuchung ist Teil einer mehr umfassenden Chromosomenuntersuchung von kriminellen Männern, die am cytogenetischen Labor Risskov im Rahmen verschiedener Populationsstudien an Kriminellen untersucht wurden.
35 Patienten aus einer Sicherungsabteilung, einer Abteilung für besonders gefährliche psychiatrische Patienten, und 23 kriminelle Patienten, die sich zur forensich-psychiatrischen Begutachtung in einem psychiatrischen Hospital befanden, wurden im Rahmen einer Prävalenz- und Incidenzuntersuchung cytogenetisch untersucht. Es fanden sich ein Patient mit XYY-Syndrom, der die für dieses Syndrom charakteristischen psychischen Veränderangen aufwies, und 33 Patienten mit relativ großem Y-Chromosom (Y/F≧0,90), die — ähnlich wie Manner mit XYY-Syndrom — öfter Gewaltverbrecher waren. Während ihres Institutions-aufenthaltes waren sie oft impulsiv und gewalttätig. Die meisten waren zur Behandlung im psychiatrischen Hospital verurteilt.
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Friedrich, U., Erling, E.B. & Nielsen, J. Chromosomenuntersuchung bei rechtspsychiatrischen Patienten. Z Rechtsmed 68, 138–148 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02169071
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