BLOOD HISTAMINE AND OTHER BLOOD COMPONENTS RELATED TO PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN JAIL INMATES

• NCJ Number: 12971
• Author(s): C GROESBECK; B D'ASARO
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 20 pages
• Grant Number(s): 1407 (NJ)
• Sponsoring Agency: New Jersey State Law Enforcement Planning Agency
• Corporate Author: Morris Cty Office of the Sheriff
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF BLOOD TESTING OF MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, JAIL INMATES FOR POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SPERMINE, SPERMIDINE, AND HISTAMINE LEVELS AND GRANDIOSITY.

Abstract

A MAJORITY OF THE THIRTY INMATES TESTED FELL IN A LOW HISTAMINE CATEGORY, AS HAD BEEN PREDICTED BY THE TEST STAFF. RESULTS SHOWED THAT GRANDIOSE IDEAS (OMNIPOTENCE), PREDICTED TO BE FOUND IN INMATES HAVING LOW HISTAMINE, WERE MOST FREQUENT IN INMATES HAVING EITHER ABNORMALLY LOW OR ABNORMALLY HIGH BLOOD HISTAMINE LEVELS. IN OTHER TESTING, LOW SPERMIDINE LEVELS WERE FREQUENTLY FOUND IN INMATES CHARGED WITH VIOLENT CRIMES AND IN THOSE EXHIBITING HIGH EXTRAVERSION TRAITS. RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE VARIOUS COMPONENTS TO CATEGORY OF CRIME AND PERSONALITY TEST SCORES ARE PRESENTED IN CHART FORMAT.