WAIS data were collected from 51 black incarcerated youthful offenders assigned to three groups on the basis of severity of crimes. Similarities ratios were significantly lower for non-violent offenders than violent and moderately violent offenders, the reverse of results reported by others for white and mixed racial samples. Pitfalls of using the Similarities ratio as a clinical diagnostic measure without normative data are discussed.
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