Bowlby 44 thieves

Question 1

weaknesses of M+P

Answer 1

• no causal findings- all is demontrated is the relationship between the variables, there could be other factors fir emotional problems.
  -bias data, limited because all based on the view of one person, who may have bias beliefs, eg, for the importance of childhood experinece.

Question 2

strengths of M+P

Answer 2

lots of qualitative data on each participant, extensive interviews with children and their families. 25 pages of report details case histories of the 44 theives.

Question 3

ethical and social

Answer 3

-confidentiality and privacy issue , report gives first name and initial of last name. case histories give great detail of their lives, easy to identify the individual/ their family.
- valid consent, the data was collected as a routine part of treating the patients at the clinic and the decision to use the data was retrospective. Data collected from families 1936-1939 while report published 1946. difficult to gather consent around 5 years later. However, attitudes towards ethics have changed since then, more sensitive to this issue today.
+ social implication- link to MD?