Delinquent boys at increased risk of premature death and disability by middle age

Monday, December 7, 2009 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behavior, new research indicates. The UK study is the first to examine how a wide range of early antisocial behaviours, as well as parental factors, affect various health outcomes 40 years later.

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