Adoption studies

Cards (4)

  • Used to look at weather or not crime is caused by nature or nurture
  • Mednick et al - Data on 14,000 adopted sons in denmark from 1924-1947
  • Sons were more likely to have a criminal record if their biological parents also had a criminal record (20% concordant rate)
  • Less likely to have a criminal record if their adopted parents had a criminal record (14.7%)