44 THIEVES

• What was the sample?

  44 criminal teenagers
• What were the 'thieves' interviewed for?

  Signs of affectionless psychopathy
• What was the sample compared to?

  44 non-criminal but emotionally-disturbed young people
• What were the thieves' families interviewed for?

  To see if the 'thieves' had prolonged early separations from their mothers
• How many 'thieves' were affectionless psychopaths and experienced prolonged separation from their mothers?

  12
• How many participants in the control group experienced prolonged separation from their mothers?

  2