A weakness of the maternal deprivation theory?

-Is correlational -Issues with correlational research i that there is no IV can be manipualted, making it hard to establish a proper cause and effect relationhsips which means that there are possible extraneous varibles that may have differed the results -There are likekly to be a mediating factors between the relationship between maternal deprivation and criminal behaviour, eg: lack of funds due to lack of income and poverty is a stronger indictor of crime -It can be said that the children experienced privation instead of deprivation as the bond was never secure/present within the first place, casting doubt onto the maternal deprivation theory