Gee, Officer Krupke we're very upset;
We never had the love that every child oughta get.
We ain't no delinquents, we're misunderstood.
Deep down inside us there is good!
(From 'West Side Story' by permission of Chappel & Co)

It is important not to continue the common supposition that the delinquent is no different from the maladjusted or deprived child (Home Office Psychiatrist)

A survey of current thinking about the treatment of young offenders, in the light of the changes brought about by the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, which came into force on 1 January this year.
Speakers include: MARK CARLISLE, MP, BARONESS WOOTTON, PROFESSOR WALTER BIRMINGHAM, DR RICHARD SPARKS, J.W. FREEMAN, SAM TRENCH
Written and introduced by STANLEY WILLIAMSON