Brain damage accentuates violence

• April 25, 2024

An investigation with 197 young delinquents , between 11 and 19 years old, who answered questions about their medical history, mental health, convictions and drug use, revealed that about half of the participants had suffered an injury in the brain during childhood.

Similarly, researchers at the University of Exeter in England found a relationship between multiple head injuries and participation in more violent crimes . A third of those who had suffered repetitive injuries reported that they had been "knocked out" on more than one occasion.

The study was published in the magazine Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, and although it rules that it is unlikely that a brain injury Unique increases the possibilities of criminal behavior, if posed as a factor to consider in young people who are susceptible to crime and can increase the chances of committing repeated crimes.

For researchers the effects of a brain trauma and the combination with other factors , as deprivations and lack of opportunities, contribute to future acts of criminal behavior.

"We discovered that there was a relationship between three or more head injuries and greater violence in the history of the criminals" says the professor Huw Williams , expert in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Exeter, who led the study.

Among the suggestions that emerge from the study is the monitor injuries and so prevent criminals from falling in bad attitudes.

Source: BBCMundo

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