CORRELATES OF THE WOODCOCK-JOHNSON READING-COMPREHENSION AND KAUFMAN BRIEF INTELLIGENCE-TEST IN A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC POPULATION

Assessing the forensic psychiatric patient remains an ongoing challeng e. This study assessed the intellectual status of lower-functioning in carcerated adult males with the Woodcock-Johnson Reading Comprehension subtest and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test. The results of this study have led the authors to argue for a broad-based assessment model that focuses on the demands and constraints of the dispositional sett ing.