Johnny Rocco.

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A professional writer tells the case history of a maladjusted son of Italian immigrants in a large industrial city. It is a history of illness, neglect, violence, and persecution, without the protection of gang membership. Although craving affection, Johnny was never able to win it. His temper was too quick and his play for attention too objectionable. A social agency counselor and a kind foster mother found a good streak in Johnny, when he was 12, but legal and social forces conspired to keep him delinquent and illiterate. At 16, when he had a chance to reform, uncontrolled impulses led him to steal again. In the Navy, and in various jobs, he was always an undesirable. At 19 his wife was the only person who liked him or to whom he felt attached. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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