Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE UNADJUSTED GIRL CRIMINAL SCIENCE MONOGRAPH No. 4 _Supplement to the Journal of_ THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY THE UNADJUSTED GIRL WITH CASES AND STANDPOINT FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS BY WILLIAM I. THOMAS FOREWORD BY MRS. W. F. DUMMER [Illustration] BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1923 _Copyright, 1923_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ Published June, 1923 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDITORIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The rapid development of criminological research in this country since the organization of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, has made a place in America for this series of Criminal Science Monographs. Their publication is authorized by the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. They appear as supplements to the Journal of the Institute. We believe the present number will satisfy a real need in America. ROBERT H. GAULT, } Chairman, Editor of the } Journal of Criminal Law } and Criminology. } FREDERIC B. CROSSLEY, } Committee on Publications Northwestern University. } of the ROBERT W. MILLAR, } American Institute Northwestern University. } of Criminal JOHN H. WIGMORE, } Law and Criminology. Northwestern University. } JOEL D. HUNTER, } Superintendent Chicago } United Charities. } FOREWORD Modern psychology is throwing so much light upon human behavior that concerning delinquency one cannot do better than follow the teaching of Spinoza, “Neither condemn nor ridicule but try to understand.” Such an attitude led to the establishment of the first mental clinic in connection with a court, where Doctor William Healy revealed astonishing facts regarding causes and cures of delinquency; such an attitude led to this sociological study of delinquency.