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... Violent Offenders Nonsex Crimes There were seven studies or literature reviews related to this topic during our selected reporting period ~ cat 1974- 1989 ~ iTable 7~. In six of these, it was concluded that there was an association between aggressive/violent behavior and brain abnormalities [BachY-Rita et al., 1971; Lewis et al., 1986; Volkow and Tancredi, 1987; Hendricks et al., 1988; Andrew, 1980; Brickman et al., 1984~.
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