Citation

Rubin S. Am. J. Sociol. 1951; 57(2): 107-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1951, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/220910

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In their latest study of delinquent behavior the Gluecks proposed an eclectic plan of research. Their basic assumption is erroneous, leading to a method of work which invites challenge. The unsound method inevitably leads to erroneous conclusions: their apparatus for the prediction of delinquency and their "causal law" are invalid.