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Deprivation and Delinquency

D.W. Winnicott

By D.W. Winnicott

Edited by Madeleine Davis, Ray Shepherd, Clare Winnicott

Published December 20th 1984 by Routledge – 304 pages

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    D. W. Winnicott (1896-1971) was one of the giants of child psychiatry and analysis. Whether writing or talking, he always argued eloquently for an increased sensitivity to children, their development and their needs. His books such as Playing and Reality and The Family and Individual Development, are now considered classics in the field of child development.

    Deprivation and Delinquency is an invaluable compilation of his papers, talks, letters and lectures between 1930 and 1970, centred on the theme of the relationship between antisocial behaviour, or more chronically delinquency, and childhood experiences of deprivation. Linking passages by the editors set the historical context for four sections focusing on children under stress, the nature and origin of antisocial tendency, the practical management of difficult children, and individual therapy with the antisocial personality.

    Reviews

    `Reading this collection one is reminded forcibly of the complexities and variety of human problems and that it takes more than a "token economy" or "aversive conditioning" to deal with many of them.' - British Journal of Social Work

    Winnicott was a healer with the qualities of a parent, a magician, a teacher, a poet, and a friend. The editors of this book have done a great service in collecting and arranging papers dating from the experiences of the evacuation in the Second World War up to some of Winnicott's continued explorations of his own philosophy. - Jack Kahn, British Medical Journal

    Contents

    Acknowledgements. Editors' Preface. Introduction by Clare Winnicott. Part I: Children Under Stress: Wartime Experience. Part II. The Nature and Origins of the Antisocial Tendency. Part III. The Social Provision. Part IV: Individual Therapy.

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    D. W. Winnicott (1896-1971) was one of the giants of child psychiatry and analysis. Whether writing or talking, he always argued eloquently for an increased sensitivity to children, their development and their needs. His books such as Playing and Reality and The Family and Individual Development, are now considered classics in the field of child development.

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    Description: By D.W. WinnicottEdited by Madeleine Davis, Ray Shepherd, Clare Winnicott. D. W. Winnicott (1896-1971) was one of the giants of child psychiatry and analysis. Whether writing or talking, he always argued eloquently for an increased sensitivity to children, their development and their needs. His books such as Playing and Reality...
    Categories: Child & Adolescent Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Social Work