Developmental lead exposure and adult criminal behavior: A 30-year prospective birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Using a variety of research designs and measures of lead absorption, numerous studies link childhood lead exposure to a range of cognitive and behavioral deficits, including low IQ, impulsivity, juvenile delinquency, and criminal behavior in adolescence and early adulthood. In this study, we tested the association between multiple measures of blood lead concentration assessed in childhood with criminal behavior in adulthood and across the life-course. Prospective data from the Cincinnati Lead Study (CLS) included blood lead measures quarterly across the first 78 months of life and the number of times a person was arrested across the life-course (from age 18 to 33 years) and in later adulthood (age 27 to 33 years). Childhood blood lead concentration prospectively predicted variation in adul

SUBMITTER: Wright JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582283 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature