The Glueck Social Prediction Scale was developed to evaluate the probability that six-year-old boys would grow up to become criminals or juvenile delinquents.
Over 80 years, four directors, 724 participants, countless staff members and tens of thousands of documents later, study researchers concluded this as the secret.
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INTRODUCTION
Policymakers at last are coming to recognize the connection
between the breakdown of American families and various social
problems. The unfolding debate over welfare reform, for instance,
has been shaped by the wide acceptance in recent years that
children born into single-parent families are much more likely than
children of intact families to fall into poverty and welfare
dependence themselves in later years. These children, in fact, face
a daunting array of problems.
While this link between illegitimacy and chronic welfare
dependency now is better understood, policymakers also need to
appreciate another strong and disturbing pattern evident in