This publication, written by a Jungian analyst, is considered by the Director of Prison Medical Services in his foreword to be the first book about psychotherapy in prison. The book was unfinished at the time of Dr Smart's death, and has been structured and completed by a friend of hers, Miss Curtis Brown, a journalist. It is directed towards the general public and aims at demonstrating the possibilities offered to offenders by psychotherapy, in particular by ‘long-term individual psychotherapy in depth’.

It contains a lucid account of social, biological and psychological factors inherent in the etiology of crime together with examples taken from Dr Smart's experience with