Review of A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State

Abstract

Reviews the book, A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel R. Fernald, Mary H. S. Hayes, and Almena Dowley (1920). This is the first extensive study of women delinquents given expert statistical treatment with modern methods. Its 225 tables are critically analyzed and conclusions summarized at the end of each chapter, making the work satisfying alike to readers with or without a thorough comprehension of the technique used. Unfortunately the data are confined to mental capacity and the main facts, of personal and environmental history, because adequate data for physical and medical facts could not be obtained. In several particulars the findings are in substantial agreement with those of Goring's figures for the English convict, but the authors are cautious in their deductions and fully aware of the inconclusiveness of their evidence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)