series of case studies. There was a control group but it wasn’t an experiment.
looked at association between the two groups and experiences of separation
Participants
44 thieves (symptom was stealing)
control participant were 44 non thieves
31 boys and 13 girls
aged between 5 and 17 years old
The seriousness of their seriousness was graded. Grade 5 thieves being stealing for the longest time, some for more than 3 years. Grade 1 thieves have only committed one theft.
Average intelligence was also taken
50% had an IQ score of 18-114 average being 100. A further 15 had a higher IQ and 2 had a core below 85
