Objectives: A process model of white-collar crime postulates that the etiology of this form of crime is incomplete without consideration of individual differences in neurobiology. Based on prior research, this study tests the primary hypothesis that “gray-collar crime” (GCC; offending on the margin of more serious white-collar crimes) would be associated with increased frontal lobe volume. Secondary analyses explored which frontal subregions, if any, would be associated with gray-collar offending. Method: Gray-collar offending and blue-collar criminal offending were assessed in 129 community males. Total frontal lobe, anterior cingulate, superior frontal, middle frontal, inferior frontal, and orbitofrontal volumes were assessed using magnetic resonance imaging. Results: Increased frontal volume was associated with increased gray-collar offending. Frontal volume remained significant after controlling for ethnicity, age, intelligence, whole brain volume, and blue-collar crime covariates, explaining 4.6 percent of the variance in GCC. Within the frontal lobe, findings were localized to superior frontal and anterior cingulate cortex, both before and after controlling for covariates. Conclusions: Findings provide preliminary evidence of increased frontal volume as a neural correlate of gray-collar offending and support a process model which hypothesizes that frontal lobe volume may provide some individuals with an advantage in perpetrating criminal offenses in occupational and avocational settings.

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神经元与灰领犯罪相关的额叶额增加

目标：白领犯罪的过程模型假定，这种犯罪形式的病因学不完整，不考虑神经生物学的个体差异。根据先前的研究，本研究检验了以下基本假设：“灰领犯罪”（GCC；在更严重的白领犯罪的边缘触犯）将与额叶体积增加相关。次要分析探讨了哪些额叶次区域（如果有）与灰领犯罪相关。方法：对129名社区男性中的灰领犯罪和蓝领犯罪进行了评估。使用磁共振成像评估总额叶，前扣带回，额额上，额额中，额额下和眶额。结果：额叶容积增加与灰领犯罪增加有关。在控制种族，年龄，智力，全脑容量和蓝领犯罪协变量之后，额叶的体积仍然很重要，解释了GCC差异的4.6％。在控制协变量之前和之后，在额叶内，发现均局限于额叶和前扣带回皮层。结论：研究结果提供了额叶额增加作为灰领犯罪的神经相关性的初步证据，并支持了一个过程模型，该模型假设额叶量可以为某些个人提供在职业和职业环境中实施刑事犯罪的优势。在控制协变量之前和之后，在额叶内，研究结果局限于额叶和前扣带回皮层。结论：研究结果提供了额叶额增加作为灰领犯罪的神经相关性的初步证据，并支持了一个过程模型，该模型假设额叶量可以为某些个人提供在职业和职业环境中实施刑事犯罪的优势。在控制协变量之前和之后，在额叶内，研究结果局限于额叶和前扣带回皮层。结论：这些发现提供了额叶体积增加作为灰领犯罪的神经相关的初步证据，并支持了一个过程模型，该模型假设额叶体积可以为某些个人提供在职业和职业环境中实施犯罪的优势。