WAIS-III IQs of criminal defendants with a mental retardation claim should not be reduced for the "Flynn effect"

American Journal of Forensic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 41-63

  Denkowski, George C ^a   Denkowski, Kathryn M ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

COURT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL VALUE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 35348926469     PISSN: 07331290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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