2.2.1.2.3 - Adoption studies

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Adoption studies compare criminals with their biological and adoptive parents
Hutchings and Mednick studied 14,000 adopted children
Hutchings and Mednick concluded a high proportion of boys with criminal convictions had biological parents with criminal convictions
Mednick found no relationship between the number of criminal convictions of adoptive parents and their children
Mednick concluded a significant correlation between the number of criminal convictions of biological parents and their offspring

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2.2.1.2.3 - Adoption studies

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