title: Jewish inmates: an atypical prison group.
abstract: 12 Jewish inmates scored significantly higher than 1497 non-Jewish inmates on a measure of intelligence, the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices. Interview findings indicated that the present Jewish inmates were never very involved in the practice of Judaisn and were not strongly integrated into their local Jewish communities.
authors.affiliation: Southern Desert Correctional Center, Indians Springs, Nevada.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Templer
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology