od (Ibid, 39).
In order to address this problem of one-sidedness, the Gluecks believed there was a need for an eclectic approach to the study of crime causation. The Gluecks focused on the need for a systematic approach to inquiries on crime causation, an approach ôcovering as many fields and utilizing as many of the most reliable and relevant techniques of investigation and measurement as are necessary for a fair sampling of the various aspects of a complex biosocial problemö (Ibid, 39). Using this diverse and eclectic approach to study methodology, the Gluecks concluded that their separate findings on the study sample and the control sample ôintegrate into a dynamic pattern which is neither exclusively biologic nor exclusive socio-cultural, but which derives from an interplay of somatic, temperamental, intellectual, and socio-cultural forcesö (Ibid, 46).
The Gluecks would approach the problem within the Felsington police department from a similar eclectic point of view. In their conception of criminology, no problem was one-sided but rather was the result of a combination of a wide variety of factor. From this perspective, the problem with the Felsington PSAs may be broader than the inability to retain PSAs. The problem may well be structural. For example, the PSAs are charged with extracting specific information from crime reports and entering it into the crime database.
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