Within Balderton Hospital, two units treating psychopathic adolescents admitted alternately a consecutive series of 50 convicted youths. One unit practiced a self-governing group therapy regime, the other a firm, paternalistic and sympathetic approach. On the basis of follow-up indexes of reconviction, readmission and clinical well-being, the former did slightly but significantly worse than the latter.
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