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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1966) 112: 1043-1048. doi: 10.1192/bjp.112.491.1043
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Childhood Bereavement and Subsequent Crime

FELIX BROWN M.A., D.M., M.R.C.P.1 and PHYLLIS EPPS M.D., M.R.C.P.2

1 Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Free Hospital, London, W.C.1
2 Dormer End, Lynchmere, Nr. Haslemere, Surrey.

1. Investigation of the background of 546 women prisoners shows that 18.2 per cent. of their fathers died before the women were 15, and 13.2 per cent. of the mothers, which is significantly higher than in the general population of this age group.

2. Investigation of 168 male prisoners shows that 13.4 per cent. of their fathers died before 15, and 8.6 per cent. of their mothers. This is also significant.

3. There is a high incidence of unknown parents in the women prisoners (14.7 per cent).

4. Multiplicity of care and lack of stable parent figures in childhood are considered to be factors in both male and female criminality.

5. The 546 women prisoners had 366 children under fifteen. This gives them a social significance greater than their numbers alone would suggest.




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