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The General Theory Of Crime

Biochemical Conditions and Crime
Many factors can contribute to the activities linked to crime, some criminologists turned to the biological basis of criminology. Research efforts have been made to better understand the areas of biochemical and neurophysiologic factors that have been associated to crime.
There are several areas of interest in biochemical factors such as diet, sugar, hormonal imbalances, and environmental contaminations. What people eat and take into their bodies may control their behaviors. In some instances, excessive amounts of harmful substances such as food dyes and artificial colors and flavors seem to provoke hostile, impulsive, and otherwise antisocial behaviors (Siegel 137). Vitamin deficiency and dependency can also have an effect on behavior, studies show that a major problem proportion of all schizophrenics and children with learning and behavioral disorders are dependent
on vitamins B3 and B6 (Siegel 138). Another suspected nutritional......


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