Hormones in females

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    • besides less testosterone,females might show less criminal behaviour due to their female hormones
    • Oestradiol is found in women and is linked to empathy,lacking in some criminals
    • Eriksson et al

      compared hormone levels in men with and without alcohol-related aggression.When with aggression had lower levels of oestradiol and higher testosterone.
    • Hormones influence criminal behaviour,in men testosterone promotes it in women female hormones deters it
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