HLTH102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Infection, Broken Windows Theory, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH102
• Professor: Kelly Anthony

Document Summary

Fix the smallest tears in society and now big ones will go away. Level of violence in nyc went down so drastically. Nyc trains graffiti and crime rates spike in biggest usa cities in 60- 70. Same thing happened in chicago, snafran, and philly. Lead - > nuero toxin- > destroys fxn and growth. Use lead to treat children"s stomach aches by folk healers. Look for non biological explanations to explain criminal behaviour. See if this could be replicated across the us. Drop was seen when lead taken out of gasoline & paint. Nebin"s looked again globally and saw the same curve. Everywhere at once - > crime rise(60s- 70s) and drop(90"s)- > enviorn/molecular experience. If children exposed to lea- > adults have high risk for criminal behaviour in mid teens early 20"s (16- 24) Low econ status live near free ways- > high child exposure - > high lead exposure in blood.