Intellectual giftedness for leadership: how robust is the crime reducing effect of intellectual class?

• Main Authors: Burhan, Nik Ahmad Sufian, Che Razak, Razli, Abdul Rahman, A.R., Selamat, Muhamad Rosli, Md Zalli, Mohd Muslim, Rosli, M.R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74709/1/Intellectual%20giftedness.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74709/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This paper aims to reassess Burhan et al.'s (2014) findings on the crime-reducing impact of intelligence at a cross-country level. The cognitive level of the intellectual group, defined as those with IQ at the 95th percentile of the normal distribution, was found to have a stronger impact in te...