NCJ Number
108071
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1987) Pages: 370-379
Date Published
1987
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This study compares the degree of delinquency involvement of verbal (V)- and performance (P)- imbalanced delinquents with intellectually balanced (P=V) delinquents.
Abstract
It was found that P-V subjects were overrepresented and V-P subjects were underrepresented in our sample compared with expectations derived from a normative sample. It was also found that intellectual imbalance, regardless of direction, was significantly related to delinquency involvement. This finding held when controlling for social class and race. (Publisher abstract)