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CYTOGENETIC surveys (Table 1) suggest that males with the sex chromosome constitution XYY tend to be concentrated among tail detained delinquents, especially those with psychiatric disorder. We have carried out a survey of tall prisoners at a London prison, with a population which, although heterogeneous, is largely composed of recidivists from London and the Home Counties. For practical purposes we had to divide the surveyed population, all of whom agreed to take part in the project, into the following groups. (1) Prisoners 6 feet tall and over, admitted to the prison in 1967 during limited periods governed by the availability of laboratory and other services. (2) Randomly selected prisoners 5 feet 11 inches tall and over, who were resident in March 1968. (3) Prisoners 5 feet 11 inches tall and over, admitted between September 15, 1968, and October 18, 1969.
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GRIFFITHS, A., RICHARDS, B., ZAREMBA, J. et al. Psychological and Sociological Investigation of XYY Prisoners. Nature 227, 290–292 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227290a0
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