Brian Boutwell
{{Short description|American criminologist}}
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| fields = Criminology
Behavior genetics
| workplaces = Saint Louis University
Sam Houston State University
University of Mississippi
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| education = Florida State University (Ph.D., 2010)
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| thesis_title = School-level moderators of genetic influences on antisocial behaviors
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| doctoral_advisor = Kevin Beaver
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Brian B. Boutwell is an American criminologist and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Legal Studies at the University of Mississippi.
Career
Boutwell has conducted research on the intelligence quotient of psychopaths, finding that their average IQ is lower than the general population. This research has been published the journal European Journal of Personality.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118547-real-life-psychopaths-actually-have-below-average-intelligence/ |title=Real-life psychopaths actually have below-average intelligence |date=20 January 2017 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-21}}{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1002/per.2207|doi = 10.1002/per.2207|title = Untangling Intelligence, Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Conduct Problems: A Meta–Analytic Review|year = 2019|last1 = Sánchez De Ribera|first1 = Olga|last2 = Kavish|first2 = Nicholas|last3 = Katz|first3 = Ian M.|last4 = Boutwell|first4 = Brian B.|journal = European Journal of Personality|volume = 33|issue = 5|pages = 529–564|s2cid = 202253144}} He has been an associate professor at the University of Mississippi since the summer of 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://legalstudies.sas.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/07/Boutwell_CV_Full.pdf |title=Brian B. Boutwell CV |access-date=2022-04-11 }}
Boutwell has written articles for Quillette on the pseudoscientific subject of "human biodiversity" (HBD), a euphemism for scientific racism.{{Cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Imogen |last2=Jones |first2=Callum |title=Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy |year=2021 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-1003105176 |chapter=Quillette, classical liberalism, and the international New Right| pages=126–127}}
References
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External links
- [https://legalstudies.olemiss.edu/people/brian-boutwell/ Faculty page]
- {{Google Scholar id|MWr5Go0AAAAJ}}
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Category:American criminologists
Category:Saint Louis University faculty
Category:Sam Houston State University faculty
Category:Florida State University alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American social scientists
Category:University of Mississippi faculty
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