Criminal Genius: A Portrait of High-IQ Offenders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520282421)

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.


Author: James C. Oleson
ISBN-10: 0520282426
ISBN-13: 9780520282421
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d