'For all working with young offenders this volume challenges us with the stark reality of mental health and young offenders whilst offering opportunities and practical solutions embedded in teachings of Donald Winnicott.' - Professor Sue Bailey, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists'Winnicott saw criminal acts as a communication of need and this compassionate and clinically experienced book understands that implicitly. Children who commit crimes, whether they have learning disabilities, emotional problems or environmental problems, are first and foremost children in need. They often fail to gain the therapeutic interventions that would enable them to find their own meaning. These two pioneers, Professor Sheila Hollins and Professor Rod Morgan, combine deep clinical knowledge with overall societal and political understanding as to how ideas can be implemented and how positive outcomes can be aided.'- Valerie Sinason, President of the Institute of Psychotherapy and Disability, Child Psychotherapist and Adult Psychoanalyst
