First published in 1970, this book describes an experiment with a hostel for boys leaving schools for maladjusted children who lacked any settled home from which to enter the community. It demonstrates the author's conviction that the offender wants to be 'good' and will be helped by affection rather than by punishment.

Foreword by Dame Eileen Younghusband. Author's Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. A Boy with a Problem - 2. - and a Place for Him to Go 3. Other Boys with the Same Problem 4. The Housemeeting 5. Staff Roles and Attitudes 6. Work and Wages 7. Leisure 8. Adolescence and Separation 9. Aftercare and Outcome 10. An Unsuccessful Attempt at Evaluation. Index.