Reading and Cerebral Dysfunction Among Juvenile Delinquents

To account for the suspected connection between organic brain dysfunction and poor reading, or dyslexia, five theories were tested as they might apply to a sample of juvenile offenders. Results failed to support the poor lateralization, right hemisphere, global, or imbalance theories, in favor of clear support for the left hemisphere theory. It was concluded that among juvenile offenders, though possibly not among other populations, poor reading appears to relate to left-hemisphere dysfunction.