Citation

Laughlin HH. Am. J. Sociol. 1921; 27(1): 54-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1921, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/213267

PMID

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Abstract

The alliteration "defectives, dependents, delinquents" has become a scrap-basket title. We need first a general title which will convey a clear-cut meaning, second a subsidiary list for the subclasses. Giddings' satirical suggestion of "The Seven Devils" to be known by the fourth letter "D." List of subclass titles proposed to the Census Bureau. The phrase "socially inadequate." Opinions of sociologists upon proposed designations. Present usage of state institutions. Summary.