It would really seem that just the findings which
the hospital statement enumerates would convince one of this
individual's marked abnormality from a social point of view and
that his being at large was a grave undesirability.
The latest information concerning this young man is that he was
being held in a Western city for burglary.
We should hesitate to make out a card of causative factors in
this case. It is clear that the major cause in his delinquency
was his aberrational mentality. What there was by way of
causation back of this, our history, although obtained from an
apparently conscientious parent, is too meagre for explanation.
CASE 26
Summary: Boy of 16 had for 6 years caused a great amount of
trouble by his general unreliability and excessive lying. He had
been tried away from his own people in private homes and in
institutions without success. His lying was excessive and often
showed no purpose and no foresight. His peculiar delinquencies
demonstrated weakness of will. Although in good general physical
condition he simulated illnesses. Mental and physical
characteristics rendered certain the diagnosis of constitutional
inferiority.
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