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ACTING‐OUT BEHAVIOUR AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF DELINQUENTS
Author(s) -
Sinclair I. A. C.,
Clarke R. V. G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1973.tb01195.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , juvenile delinquency , clinical psychology
SUMMARY A measure of “acting‐out” behaviour in the form of absconding, together with measures of the effectiveness of treatment and quality of intake, were obtained for 66 boys' approved schools. Using correlation techniques it was shown that schools with high levels of absconding were less effective than might have been expected from the standard of their intake (as measured by I. Q. and number of previous court appearances). It was suggested that on the evidence presented “acting‐out” in general is not to be encouraged, although clearly further investigation is required.