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CHAPTER II
SCOPE AID METHOD OF STUDY
This thesis, as already indicated, is a study of s! six delinquent Mexican-American boys of moron intelligence
who are presently on an indefinite home leave of absence
from Pacific Colony. These patients were committed from,
and are presently residing in, Los Angeles County. They
have been on leave of absence for at least one year and
I have apparently effected good social adjustments. The experience
of the Pacific Colony staff indicates that a leave
patient who deviates from the socially acceptable pattern
of behavior as evidenced by recorded offenses is, more often
than not, returned to the hospital. Therefore, for the
, purposes of this study, it is assumed that the terms «good”
or «successful” adjustment is inherent in the patient's
present leave status.
Other criteria in the selection of cases were: no
epileptic involvement, an age of fourteen to eighteen at
the time of admission, and the recency of the patient's
leave status. It was thought that epilepsy, with respect
to this study, was predominantly a medical rather than a
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| Full text | CHAPTER II SCOPE AID METHOD OF STUDY This thesis, as already indicated, is a study of s! six delinquent Mexican-American boys of moron intelligence who are presently on an indefinite home leave of absence from Pacific Colony. These patients were committed from, and are presently residing in, Los Angeles County. They have been on leave of absence for at least one year and I have apparently effected good social adjustments. The experience of the Pacific Colony staff indicates that a leave patient who deviates from the socially acceptable pattern of behavior as evidenced by recorded offenses is, more often than not, returned to the hospital. Therefore, for the , purposes of this study, it is assumed that the terms «good” or «successful” adjustment is inherent in the patient's present leave status. Other criteria in the selection of cases were: no epileptic involvement, an age of fourteen to eighteen at the time of admission, and the recency of the patient's leave status. It was thought that epilepsy, with respect to this study, was predominantly a medical rather than a |
