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Assessment and Treatment of Stealing

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 10))

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What is probably the first chapter ever written on the treatment of stealing was also written for an edited collection but predates this one by some 33 centuries.

If a man steal an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double. (Exodus, Chapter 22, 1–4)

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    Richard P. Barth

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    Alan E. Kazdin

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Barth, R.P. (1987). Assessment and Treatment of Stealing. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9826-4_4

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