RT Journal T1 THis month in archives of general psychiatry JF Archives of General Psychiatry JO Archives of General Psychiatry YR 1999 FD March 1 VO 56 IS 3 SP 212 OP 212 DO 10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.212 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.212 AB Perinatal factors have previously been linked to aggression and criminal violence. In this article, Brennan et alArticle found a relationship between maternal prenatal smoking and criminal arrest in a large sample of Danish men. Maternal smoking was related to overall criminal arrests, arrests for violence, and a pattern of offending that persists from adolescence into adulthood. A commentary by FergussonArticle is included.