Gender disparity in criminal offenses among persons of high IQ |
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Authors: | Monk-Turner Elizabeth Oleson James Cortez Paul Dean Daniel Kracke Cole Harmon Jennifer Restituto Peter Trach Greg |
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Institution: | Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. eturner@odu.edu |
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Abstract: | Criminologists have largely neglected deviance among those with high IQs. This work uses Towers's (1988) concept of conventional genius to analyze how deviant behavior varies by gender among genius offenders. Like Bisi (2002), the authors expect female patterns of deviance to be lower than that for males even within this genius sample. Their work finds that male geniuses are significantly more likely to self-report ever having committed violent felonies. Among the authors' conventional genius sample of university students, gender differences in nonviolent felonies, misdemeanor offenses, and unethical behaviors are not significantly different between the female and male respondents. |
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