Sex hormones

Question 1

Males

Answer 1

Over production of testosterone linked with crimes like rape
and murder.
- Levels peak between puberty and early 20s, this correlates with
male crime rates.

Question 2

Women

Answer 2

PMT, Post-natal depression and lactation have all be used as
partial defence for a range of crimes from infanticide to
shop-lifting. Was accepted that hormones involved affected the
defendant’s judgement.