Rantakallio P, Koiranen M, Möttönen J
Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Finland.
Arch Dis Child. 1992 Dec;67(12):1459-61. doi: 10.1136/adc.67.12.1459.
The association of perinatal events, childhood epilepsy, and central nervous system trauma with juvenile delinquency was studied prospectively in a geographically defined population of 5966 males in northern Finland. Those who had obtained a criminal record up to the age of 22 years, totalling 355, or 6.0%, were defined as delinquents. The incidence of delinquency was not increased in males with a birth weight less than 2500 g or greater than 4000 g, preterm births < 37 weeks' gestation, or those with perinatal brain damage or having epileptic seizures before 14 years of age. The incidence was increased by 6.8% in the group of males with birth weights less than 3500 g, but not significantly increased after standardisation for a number of social and demographic background variables. The incidence was increased by 10.3% among the males who had had a central nervous system trauma by the age of 14 years, however, and this factor remained significant when social and demographic factors were standardised by regression analysis, with an odds ratio of 1.9 for all males with a criminal record and an odds ratio of 3.15 for those who had committed a violent crime. Previous central nervous system trauma may be a cause of delinquency, or another possibility is that the type of behaviour pursued by males who are likely to commit a violent crime will expose them more often to accidents which can result in central nervous system trauma.
在芬兰北部一个地理区域明确的5966名男性人群中，对围产期事件、儿童癫痫和中枢神经系统创伤与青少年犯罪之间的关联进行了前瞻性研究。那些在22岁前有犯罪记录的人，共计355人，占6.0%，被定义为少年犯。出生体重小于2500克或大于4000克、妊娠不足37周的早产、有围产期脑损伤或14岁前有癫痫发作的男性，其犯罪率并未增加。出生体重小于3500克的男性组犯罪率增加了6.8%，但在对一些社会和人口背景变量进行标准化后，犯罪率并未显著增加。然而，14岁前有中枢神经系统创伤的男性犯罪率增加了10.3%，在通过回归分析对社会和人口因素进行标准化后，这一因素仍然显著，所有有犯罪记录的男性的优势比为1.9，实施暴力犯罪的男性的优势比为3.15。先前的中枢神经系统创伤可能是犯罪的一个原因，或者另一种可能性是，可能实施暴力犯罪的男性所追求的行为类型会使他们更频繁地遭遇可能导致中枢神经系统创伤的事故。
