ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry2018
Traumatic brain injury: a potential cause of violent crime?
Review in The lancet. Psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 198 citations in OpenAlex.
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Related Antisocial Behavioral Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
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- Effects of animal-assisted therapy on social behaviour in patients with acquired brain injury: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- The incidence and risk factors for incarceration for violence after traumatic brain injury.Health & justice · 2026Article
- Self-harm in prison: moving towards contextual understanding.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Perceived neighborhood crime and gun carrying behavior: examining the role of a history of traumatic brain injury.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- Clinician perspectives on characteristics and care of traumatic brain injury among asylum seekers and refugees.Disability and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Persistent Aggressive Behaviour From Childhood to Adolescence: The Influence of Environmental Tobacco Exposure and the Protective Role of Fish Consumption.Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH · 2025Article
- Judging the unseen: The impact of onset controllability in shaping perceptions of defendants with traumatic brain injury.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cognitive Function: A Pilot Study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Article
- Associations between significant head injury and cognitive function, disability, and crime in adult men in prison in Scotland UK: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychopathic Traits Among Justice-Involved Adolescents.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Patterns of Alcohol Use in Hispanic Individuals with TBI over the Ten Years Post-Injury: A Model Systems Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Implementing Interventions for Women and Youth with Traumatic Brain Injury at Transition from Custodial Settings: A Call to Action.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- The effect ofSurgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in Adult Incarceration After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.Neurotrauma reports · 2024Article
- Unravelling the current shortfalls, challenges, and opportunities in traumatic brain injury.BMC neurology · 2023Article
- Intact moral decision-making in adults with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.Brain impairment : a multidisciplinary journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment · 2023Article
- An update on pediatric traumatic brain injury.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedCorrections.2018
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the biggest cause of death and disability in children and young people. TBI compromises important neurological functions for self-regulation and social behaviour and increases risk of behavioural disorder and psychiatric morbidity. Crime in young people is a major social issue. So-called early starters often continue for a lifetime. A substantial majority of young offenders are reconvicted soon after release. Multiple factors play a role in crime. We show how TBI is a risk factor for earlier, more violent, offending. TBI is linked to poor engagement in treatment, in-custody infractions, and reconviction. Schemes to assess and manage TBI are under development. These might improve engagement of offenders in forensic psychotherapeutic rehabilitation and reduce crime.
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