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Criminal Genius : A Portrait Of High-iq Offenders
Paperback Edition: 1
For years, criminologists have studied the relationship between crime and below-average intelligence, concluding that offenders possess IQ scores 8-10 points below those of non-offenders. Little, however, is known about the criminal behavior of those with above-average IQ scores. This book provides some of the first
empirical information about the self-reported crimes of people with genius-level IQ scores. Combining quantitative data from 72 different offenses with qualitative data from 44 follow-up interviews, this book describes the nature of high-IQ crime while shedding light on a population of offenders often ignored in research and sensationalized in media.
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Featured in the September 2016 LAW Newsletter.
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Pages : 335
Publisher : University of California Press
Publication date : 2016-10
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Social Services & Welfare, Criminology, Crime & Criminology