# Deficiency and Delinquency: An Interpretation of Mental Testing Author: Miner, James Burt, 1873-1943 Genre: Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52826 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Deficiency+and+Delinquency%3A+An+Interpretation+of+Mental+Testing+Miner&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary In undertaking in 1912 to examine the mental development of delinquents for the clinic started and supported by the Juvenile Protective League of Minneapolis, in connection with the Juvenile Court, I soon became convinced that a safer method for evaluating the limit of feeble-mindedness with tests was more needed than masses of new data. The researches that have been published in the past three years do not seem to have changed this situation. Numerous studies with psychological tests are already available, but they generally treat of average rather than borderline conditions. In the field of delinquency the work of testing has been carried on with especial activity. Here, as well as else... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER VI. DELINQUENTS TESTING DEFICIENT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII. THE THEORY OF THE MEASUREMENT OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER V. ADAPTING THE PERCENTAGE DEFINITION TO THE BINET SCALE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV. WHAT PERCENTAGE IS FEEBLE-MINDED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV. QUANTITATIVE DEFINITIONS OF THE BORDERLINE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI. DEFICIENCY AS A CAUSE OF DELINQUENCY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER III. THE PERCENTAGE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DEFICIENCY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 1, Educ. Statistics, 1912-13.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX. COMPARISON OF THE SCHOOL TEST AND THE BINET TEST](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII. SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII. SCHOOL RETARDATION AMONG DELINQUENTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER II. THE FUNCTIONS OF A SCALE IN DIAGNOSIS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII. CHECKING THE BINET DIAGNOSIS BY OTHER METHODS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER X. BAD SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT AS A CAUSE OF DELINQUENCY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter XIV. QUANTITATIVE DEFINITIONS OF THE BORDERLINE 304](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter XIII. THE THEORY OF THE MEASUREMENT OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT 252](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter VI. DELINQUENTS TESTING DEFICIENT 122](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter III. THE PERCENTAGE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DEFICIENCY 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter V. ADAPTING THE PERCENTAGE DEFINITION TO THE BINET SCALE 82](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter IV. WHAT PERCENTAGE IS FEEBLE-MINDED 47](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter IX. COMPARISON OF THE SCHOOL TEST AND THE BINET TEST 189](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter XI. DEFICIENCY AS A CAUSE OF DELINQUENCY 210](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter II. THE FUNCTIONS OF A SCALE IN DIAGNOSIS 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter VIII. SCHOOL RETARDATION AMONG DELINQUENTS 177](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deficiency-and-delinquency-an-interpretation-of-mental-testing-52826/chapters/6/index.md)