NCJ Number
20361
Date Published
1975
Length
198 pages
Annotation
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BOY FROM HIS FIRST PLACEMENT IN A FOSTER HOME THROUGH TIME SPENT IN 19 INSTITUTIONS IN ITALY TO SENTENCING TO PRISON AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN.
Abstract
THE YOUNG AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS OWN REACTIONS TO THE VARIOUS STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS AND INDICATES WHY THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES AND EFFECTIVE REHABILITATION. THIS NON-THEORETICAL WORK HAS A PREFACE BY THE HEAD OF THE ITALIAN RADICAL PARTY, WHO PROPOSES A RESTRUCTURING OF THE SYSTEM IN FAVOR OF MORE HUMANE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS OF MALADJUSTMENT. --IN ITALIAN.