The intelligence of the delinquent boy . ncorrigibility, larceny, , incorrigibility, vagrancy. These offenses not having been legally pronounced with referenceto all of our cases, it has been necessary to use terms of this kindin classifying delinquent conduct. Upon the basis of data gatheredby the field-workers we have established for each case the principaloffense* or that which in our judgment has been of the most seriousconsequence so far as the individual in question is concerned. In mosteases this represents the last offense, usually the act which was con-sidered b
The intelligence of the delinquent boy . ncorrigibility, larceny, , incorrigibility, vagrancy. These offenses not having been legally pronounced with referenceto all of our cases, it has been necessary to use terms of this kindin classifying delinquent conduct. Upon the basis of data gatheredby the field-workers we have established for each case the principaloffense* or that which in our judgment has been of the most seriousconsequence so far as the individual in question is concerned. In mosteases this represents the last offense, usually the act which was con-sidered by the probation officers and Juvenile Court judge to be indi- Case S-13. Case S- 1. Case N-70. Case N-60. Case D-51. .86. Case D- 2. .81. Case B-15. .74. Case B- 4. .72. Case F-15. .58. Case F- 2. .48. No-op STEALING BUReiARY LARCENY IMMORALITY INCORRIGIBILITY DEPENDENCY VAGRANCY TRUANCY F0R6ERY ASSAULT HIGHWAY ROBB. DRUNKENNESS ARSON MURDER No.^caa*«.... Fig. 19. Distribution of principal offenses by social intelligence groups. The Intelligence of the Delinquent Boy 119 cative of conditions which call for commitment to an institution. Insome cases the principal offense represents the form of conduct whichhas been most often repeated, or which is most characteristic of thedelinquency, whether or not it happened to be the last offense. InAppendix Table I and elsewhere in this report, a list of offenses for agiven individual is listed in order of their importance, beginning withthe principal offense. Relative frequency of offenses. The distribution of principal of-fenses by social-intelligence groups is given in Table IV and showngraphically in Fig. 19. It will be seen that nearly all intelligencegroups are represented in all offenses except those with but a feweases reported. Dividing the total number into so many small groupsleaves opportunity for little more than conjecture as to the relationbe
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