English

Deprivation And Delinquency

It does not seem an exaggeration to say that the manifestations of deprivation and delinquency in society are as big a threat as that of the nuclear bomb. In fact there is surely a connection between the two kinds of threat, because as the antisocial element in society rises, so does the destructive potential within society rise to a new danger level. At the present time we are fighting to prevent the danger level rising, and we need to muster all the resources we can for this task. One resource will undoubtedly be the knowledge gained by anyone who has had to come to grips with the problems of deprivation and delinquency by taking responsibility for individual cases. Donald Winnicott was such a person and was precipitated into this position by the Second World War when he became Consultant Psychiatrist to the Government Evacuation Scheme in a reception area in England.

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