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That is vs 30-40% of the general population. There's nothing unexpected here. Youths mostly go to jail for violence. The more fights you get into, the more l
by AlexMuir 12y ago
That is vs 30-40% of the general population.
There's nothing unexpected here. Youths mostly go to jail for violence. The more fights you get into, the more likely you are to be injured. I'd imagine that there's a far larger percentage of number of jailed youths with knife scars than those in school. That doesn't mean knife scars cause people to end up in prison.
- edoloughlin 12y agoThere's nothing unexpected here. Youths mostly go to jail for violence. The more fights you get into, the more likely you are to be injured. I'd imagine that there's a far larger percentage of number of jailed youths with knife scars than those in school. That doesn't mean knife scars cause people to end up in prison. I'm no neurologist, but i suspect that a brain injury might change your personality more than a scar from a knife fight, possibly making you more likely to engage in criminal behaviour.
- AlexMuir 12y agoI see no reason why a head injury shouldn't equally change a personality to become less criminal. Head injuries have completely unpredictable effects. My core point is that prisons are full of violent people, and violent people punch and receive more punches, therefore are more likely to have brain injuries.
- pavel_lishin 12y agoSometimes head injuries do make you less likely to become a criminal. Very few people in comas and vegetative states commit crimes.