Dabbs and Hargrove

Aim: determine how testosterone levels, both alone and interacting with age, were associated with criminal behavior and institutional behavior amongst female prisoners.
Participant: 87 female prisoners in a maximum security state prison.
Criminal behavior was scored from court records and institutional behavior was scored from prison records and interviews with staff members. Testosterone levels were scored from saliva samples.
Correlations were found between age, testosterone, criminal behavior and institutional behavior.
1. Analysis suggested that the higher the age the lower the testosterone levels, which in turn leads to less violent crime and less aggressive dominance in prison.
Testosterone is related to criminal violence and aggressive dominance in prison among women, as has been reported among men.
Changes in behavior with age are in part explained by a decline in testosterone levels.

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