The intelligence of the delinquent boy . WHITTIER STATE SCHOOL, DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCHWHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 1919. V^^y 0^ PREFATORY NOTE The opening of the department of research, in 1915, gave us ourfirst opportunity to obtain by systematic inquiry the facts related tothe causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency. Four years ofresearch have resulted in immeasurable benefit to the state for carry-ing out its institution program. The establishment of Pacific Colonyfor the feeble-minded, the readjustment of methods of segregatingand instructing the children of the State, and the deve


The intelligence of the delinquent boy . WHITTIER STATE SCHOOL, DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCHWHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 1919. V^^y 0^ PREFATORY NOTE The opening of the department of research, in 1915, gave us ourfirst opportunity to obtain by systematic inquiry the facts related tothe causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency. Four years ofresearch have resulted in immeasurable benefit to the state for carry-ing out its institution program. The establishment of Pacific Colonyfor the feeble-minded, the readjustment of methods of segregatingand instructing the children of the State, and the development of sen-timent toward the establishing of 24-hour vocational schools, have allbeen made easier of attainment by reason of the work of this de-partment. The present study deals with a phase of the work which we deemof primary importance. The factor of intelligence is of so much con-sequence that we now consider its measurement essential to the properunderstanding of any case. The disadvantage under which othershave labored when thintelligenceofde00will


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