Saturday, May 05, 2012

Individual and group IQ predict inmate violence

Study: prison inmate intelligence influences misconduct 
(Medical Xpress) -- A prison inmate’s IQ, as well as the average IQ of a prison unit, can play a role in predicting violent prison misconduct, according to a recently published UT Dallas study.


The study, featured in the latest issue of the academic journalIntelligence, [£] is a rare examinination of the relationship between intelligence and violent misconduct in prison.