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The Guardian certainly won't be hurrying to follow any further Dale "Defectives".
Archive 2007-04-22 2007
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TSA Looks to VA and DoD for Mental Defectives yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'TSA Looks to VA and DoD for Mental Defectives'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants military and veterans\' medical records to look for "mental defectives" -- all in the name of National Security.
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Defectives Act, 1911, there should be added a further definition -- namely, that of "moral imbecile" contained in the
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders
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The Mental Defectives Act, 1911, divides mentally defective persons into six classes, as under: --
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders
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Bibliography of the United States Bureau of Education, the expression formerly used, "Delinquents, Dependents and Defectives", has been dropped in favor of the term, "Special Classes of Persons".
The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States Harry Best
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-- = Estimates as to Numbers of Mental Defectives =:
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders
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"Dependents, Defectives and Delinquents" says (p. 170): "Many of the deaf and blind are so deficient in industrial efficiency, owing to their infirmity, that they must be cared for in adult life and old age".
The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States Harry Best
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Competition and the "Inner Enemies": the Defectives, the
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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Competition and the "Inner Enemies": the Defectives, the Dependents, and the Delinquents
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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_ Defectives are more uneven mentally than normal children, and therefore scatter their successes and failures over a wider range.
The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Lewis Madison Terman 1916
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