Yes, that’s a good point. How big the effect is depends on how the probability of getting caught varies with intelligence: I agree that it will almost always anticorrelate, but the dependence could be very strong or very weak. Anyone got any statistics on that?
Hmm. It might be possible to indirectly get some information about them by comparing the kinds of people that get caught for premeditated crime with the kinds of people that get caught for crimes of impulse, and then adjusting for any correlation of intelligence with self-control. The latter ought to be harder to cover up.
Yes, that’s a good point. How big the effect is depends on how the probability of getting caught varies with intelligence: I agree that it will almost always anticorrelate, but the dependence could be very strong or very weak. Anyone got any statistics on that?
I’d guess people who commit crimes but don’t get caught are very, very hard to get statistics about.
Hmm. It might be possible to indirectly get some information about them by comparing the kinds of people that get caught for premeditated crime with the kinds of people that get caught for crimes of impulse, and then adjusting for any correlation of intelligence with self-control. The latter ought to be harder to cover up.