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Criminality and Violence in Epileptic Prisoners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Gunn  and
John Bonn
John Gunn
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry; Maudsley Hospital, London S.E.5
John Bonn
Affiliation:
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London E.C.1 (Maudsley Hospital)
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Extract

The belief that the phenomena of ‘crime’ and of ‘epilepsy’ are associated has a long history and probably was put in its most forceful form by Lombroso (1889; see Ferrero, 1911). Nobody now believes, as did Lombroso, that most criminals are epileptics, but the controversies surrounding the extent and form of any relationship have by no means yet been finally resolved.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 544 , March 1971 , pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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