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Results from the scores of 20 court-identified and 20 school-identified violent and assaultive youth were compared on the Revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) and the Pea body Individual Achievement Test (PIAT). Uncorrelated t tests indicated that IQs, three of the WISC-R subtests (i.e., Vocabulary, Comprehension, Coding), and the PIA T Reading Comprehension Reading Recognition, and Spelling scores differentiated significantly between the two groups. The possibility that court-identified violent and assaultive youth have more severe cognitive deficits that contribute to their excessively aggressive behavior was discussed. In addition, some of the educational implications of these cognitive deficits were identitified.

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Intellectual and Educational Characteristics of Court-Identified and School-Identified Violent and Assaultive Youth

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