 Low intellectual ability does not predict violent crime in a military forensic sampleKarl V. Umbrasas Intelligence, 2018, vol. 71, issue C, 41-45 Abstract: This study examined whether intellectual ability predicts violent crime among a sample of military members charged with criminal offenses. Intellectual ability was measured with the Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ), Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI), and the Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI) of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV). The sample was comprised of military members charged with any type of offense and referred for forensic evaluation. A binary logistic regression was performed to see if any or all of the intelligence indices predicted violent crime. Criminal offenses were dichotomized where 0 = non-violent crime and 1 = violent crime. The sample (N = 79) was drawn from a retrospective review of forensic evaluations of military members charged with criminal offenses. These findings support the observation that intellectual ability does not predict likelihood of committing a violent offense in a military forensic population. This study highlights the importance of incorporating military-specific data into forensic assessments of service members. Keywords: Military; Forensic; IQ; Crime (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:intell:v:71:y:2018:i:c:p:41-45 DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2018.10.003 Access Statistics for this article Intelligence is currently edited by R.J. Haier More articles in Intelligence from Elsevier |
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