| Jukes |
(Jukes) (j[ldbomac]ks) fictitious name of a New York family, described by the American sociologist RL Dugdale, exhibiting a high incidence of crime, immorality, disease, and poverty; used like the Kallikaks to advance the theory of genetic determinism.
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| Jukes |
Fictitious name for a real New York family that included more than 1,000 cases of mental deficiency; used as anecdotal support for the hypothesis that most mental retardation is hereditary. First reported in 1877 by RL Dugdale (1841-1883).
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