In spite of what is written in the press about Ivan Boesky and Michael
Milken, the average inmate in the nation's correctional facilities is
functionally illiterate, probably has a learning disability, never had
a steady job, was a juvenile delinquent, used drugs and alcohol, and
came from a dysfunctional home in which he or she was abused
physically and/or sexually.
The distribution of intelligence among prison populations shows the
average IQ to be 86. That is 14 points, or one standard deviation,
under the national mean. Approximately 15% of inmates score below 75
on the Wechsler Scale of Adult Intelligence-Revised. A score of 75
generally is considered to be the cutoff for identifying those who may
be mentally retarded. This would suggest a substantially higher
percentage of moderately retarded individuals in prisons than in the
general population. Moreover, 70% of inmates never have had any formal
preparation in a skill, trade, or profession. A similar percentage
have no consistent work history prior to incarceration. More than two-
thirds come from broken or dysfunctional homes in which stability,
discipline, and moral development were inconsistent at best. About 70%
of adult prisoners have been involved with the juvenile justice
system, which has had questionable success in rehabilitation.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...1/ai_13388891/
Break down for me the distro by race (since the bell curves for US
Whites and US Blacks are one standard deviation plus off to begin
with) and as a sanity check do the same with female prisoners again by
race. Is there a significant delta between male and female prison
populations? Is it higher or lower between blacks and whites?
Also figure the reporting of indio and mestizo Hispanophone prisoners
as "White" which varies greatly.
As I said the average prisoner is well under 100 IQ. But the
ringleaders of gangs are usually much smarter than the prison average.
Reading the biography of Sonny Barger one gets the impression of
someone who, while no Revilo Oliver (RPO was somewhere above 170 IQ)
is somewhat smarter than the average white American though poorly
educated.
One big improvement to society would be to incentivize lower IQ
prisoners who will be freed or even get conjugal visits eventually to
be sterilized.