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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1970) 116: 145-150. doi: 10.1192/bjp.116.531.145
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Correlation between Stature, Character Disorder and Criminality

JOHANNES NIELSEN M.D.1 and TAKAYUKI TSUBOI M.D., Dr. med.sci.1

1 The Cytogenetic Laboratory, Aarhus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.

A study of all 771 male patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital during a one-year period has been made with the aim of looking for a correlation between stature and character disorder as well as criminality.

We found a higher frequency of patients with character disorder and criminality in patients with a stature of 181 cm.+ than in patients with a stature below 181 cm. This is a finding which indicates that patients with tall stature have a comparatively pronounced disposition to character disorder and criminality.

Such a finding might be expected on the background of the finding of such a correlation in patients with the XYY syndrome and to a certain extent also in persons with a large Y chromosome.

Submitted on November 21, 1968






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