The late David Wills spent a lifetime in the service of the
so-called delinquent, the misfit, the maladjusted. He was the first
Englishman to train as a psychiatric social worker and was well
known for his books The Hawkspur Experiment, The Barns Experiment,
etc. Originally published in 1970, this book describes another
experiment with a hostel for boys leaving schools for maladjusted
children and lacking any settled home from which to enter the
community. It demonstrates once again David Wills’s conviction
that the offender wants to be ‘good’ and will be helped by
affection rather than by punishment. Yet it is obvious that the
work was full of stress and that only people with some of the
attributes of archangels could respond to the boys’ needs and
remain in control of the situation. The book demonstrates the
extent of deprivation suffered by such young people and that no
ordinary hostels or lodgings will do if they are to be set upon a
less turbulent course of life, leading to truly adult independence.
It added greatly to our understanding of the personalities,
experience of life and needs of maladjusted boys in their ‘teens
at the time, although the lessons drawn from it were disturbing in
relation both to prevention and treatment. The penetration of David
Wills’s assessment is beyond doubt and (as Dame Eileen
Younghusband concludes in her Foreword) his book will give a great
deal to those ‘trying in various capacities to help boys and
girls who otherwise would grow into adulthood permanently
handicapped emotionally and socially’. This book is a re-issue
originally published in 1970. The language used is a reflection of
its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by
this re-publication.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
National Institute Social Services Library |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| First published: |
1970 |
| Authors: |
W. David Wills
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
134 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-206734-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-03-206734-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781032067346 |
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