No access

Article

Published Online: November 1945

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CRIMINALS

FREDERIC A. GIBBS, B. K. BAGCHI, and WILFRED BLOOMBERGAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 102, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.3.294

Get Access

Abstract

Electroencephalographic study of 452 criminals and 1,432 control subjects reveals that when age factors and sampling errors are controlled there are no significant differences between the two groups. Since the EEG is a fairly reliable indicator of epilepsy and organic brain disease, it seems reasonable to conclude that subclinical forms of these disorders are not contributing factors in a significant faction of the "sane" criminal population.

No significant correlation could be found between the EEG and the type of criminal behavior.

Get full access to this article

View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.

Get Access

Information & Authors

Information

Published In

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 102 • Number 3 • November 1945

Pages: 294 - 298

PubMed: 21007672

History

Published in print: November 1945

Published online: 1 April 2006

Authors

Details

FREDERIC A. GIBBS

Department of Neurology, Harvard University; Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine.

View all articles by this author

B. K. BAGCHI

Department of Neurology, Harvard University; Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine.

View all articles by this author

WILFRED BLOOMBERG

Department of Neurology, Harvard University; Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine.

View all articles by this author

Metrics & Citations

Metrics

Citations

Export Citations

If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.

For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu.

Format	RIS (ProCite, Reference Manager) EndNote BibTex Medlars RefWorks
Direct importt
Citation style
Style

Copy to clipboard
Tips for downloading citations

View Options

Login options

Already a subscriber? Access your subscription through your login credentials or your institution for full access to this article.

Personal login Institutional Login Open Athens login

Purchase Options

Purchase this article to access the full text.

PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now / Learn More

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5-TR^® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CRIMINALS

Abstract

Get full access to this article