Evidence for intergenerational transmission of biological risk for antisocial behavior: Low resting heart rate in fathers predicts elevated criminality in sons

Bridget M. Bertoldi, Sofi Oskarsson, Anneli Andersson, Joseph A. Schwartz, Antti Latvala, Henrik Larsson, Adrian Raine, Catherine Tuvblad and Christopher J. Patrick

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, vol. 94, issue C

Abstract: Parental history of criminal offending is a major risk factor for later criminal behavior in children. Extensive research has also shown low resting heart rate (RHR), a moderately heritable biological variable, to be prospectively predictive of criminal behavior. Despite its status as a replicable risk factor, limited research exists on RHR's role in the intergenerational transmission of crime. Specifically, it remains unclear whether parent-child resemblance for biological characteristics such as RHR might play a role in intergenerational crime transmission.

Keywords: Heart rate; Antisocial behavior; Criminal behavior; Intergenerational transmission; Biological risk; Environmental influences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102258

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