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VIOLENCE AND POOR READING
Author(s) -
ANDREW JUNE M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1979.tb01301.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychology , reading (process) , wechsler adult intelligence scale , developmental psychology , test (biology) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , political science , paleontology , law , biology
Poor reading achievement, long linked to delinquency. also proved related to a history of violent offenses among male and female. Anglo and non‐Anglo, juvenile offenders. Reading was measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test. adjusted for Wechsler Verbal IQ; the Violence Scale specified the degree of violence of each child's most serious offense.