Using age difference and sex similarity to detect evidence of sibling influence on criminal offending.
CONCLUSIONS: Same-sex siblings very close in age stand out as having the highest sibling resemblance in crime. This finding suggests that a meaningful share of sibling similarity in criminal offending is due to a process akin to peer influence, typically flowing from the older to the younger sibling.
PMID: 33081870 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychological Medicine - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mikkonen J, Savolainen J, Aaltonen M, Martikainen P Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research
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