The research was still part of psychosemantics.

The basic study group consisted of 24-35-year-old men, serving the time in a penitentiary and having the average imprisonment time of 15 years. The main types of crimes were: theft, burglary, rape, physical assault, manslaughter.

The control group consisted of physically healthy men (pilots and cadets of a pilot school) of the same age group.

Hypothesis of the described project was probable existence of biological determinants, which cause a deep social misadaptation of a personality, as well as the issuing anti-social behavior.

 

The method of main components was employed for determining independent factors that affect the flexibility of hormonal, psychological and constitutional markers.

 

General conclusions: The study of recidivist and pilot groups yielded valid results on a powerful humoral factor working in the recidivist group.  It caused a significant restructuring in the system of hormonal regulation and exerted a strong psychopathic influence on the subject’s psyche, which sharply hindered the process of social adaptation.

Research was conducted as part of psychosemantics.

The basic study group consisted of adolescents – 14-17-year old males, serving time in the adolescent prison, and students of a special school for juvenile delinquents. Main types of crime: theft, assault, hooliganism, and hijacking.

Control group consisted of physically healthy adolescent male students of a construction trade school of the same age group, and 10-th grade high-school students.

 

Results of studying the groups of juvenile delinquents, special school, trade school and high-school students demonstrated the influence of a strong humoral factor in the group of delinquents. That factor caused a significant restructuring in the system of hormonal regulation and exerted a strong psychopathic influence on the subject’s psyche, which sharply hindered the process of adequate social adaptation. The psychopathic factor in adults and adolescents obviously differs, as research testified.

Research was conducted as part of psychosemantics.

The basic sample consisted of 24-35-year-old women serving time in a women’s prison to undergo a compulsory alcoholism treatment course.

 

Physically healthy women of the same age group made up a control group. All the subjects had their blood tested for different hormones by radioimmunology method and underwent parallel psychological testing. The research results for prisoner and control groups reported of three humoral factors actualized in the prisoner group, causing a significant restructuring in the system of hormonal regulation. Two of them exerted a strong psychopathic influence on the subjects’ psyche, which hindered the process of adequate social adaptation. It should be noted that hormonal influence on the psyche could be different, depending on the group, as well as the functional system of this agent’s biochemical regulation.

Review of relevant research works on the problem of correlation of the social and biological factors in determining an individual’s antisocial behavior.