@article{ref1,
title="Age, testosterone, and behavior among female prison inmates",
journal="Psychosomatic medicine",
year="1997",
author="Dabbs, J. M. and Hargrove, M. F.",
volume="59",
number="5",
pages="477-480",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine how testosterone levels, both alone and interacting with age, were associated with criminal behavior and institutional behavior among female prison inmates. METHOD: Subjects were 87 female inmates in a maximum security state prison. Criminal behavior was scored from court records. Institutional behavior was scored from prison records and interviews with staff members. Testoster-one levels were scored from radioimmunoassay of saliva samples. RESULTS: Product-moment correlations revealed first-order relationships among age, testosterone, criminal behavior, and institutional behavior. Structural equation analysis suggested a causal model in which age leads to lower testosterone, which in turn leads to less violent crime and less aggressive dominance in prison. CONCLUSION: Testosterone is related to criminal violence and aggressive dominance in prison among women, as has been reported among men. Changes in these behaviors with age are in part explained by a decline in testosterone levels.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3174",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}