Truancy from school is known to vary in its significance as a symptom. On the one hand we have the "circus" truancies and "swimming hole" truancies, which appear to represent an effort by relatively "normal" boys to add a bit of variety to the drab routine of day-to-day existence. On the other hand, we have the escape from school of the youngster whose pressing emotional problems will later find outlet in serious delinquency.
tion to be studied in the case of at least some of these girls should not be phrased, "What factors lead parents to invoke legal machinery to settle quarrels with their daughters?" or "What leads a girl to clash with her mother so much that the police are called in?" rather than "What are the causes of female delinquency?" REFERENCE
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