Six years have passed since the introduction of Section 7(7) Care Order and Juvenile Criminal Justice System studies at Lancaster, England. From those early beginnings, a whole new range of social work practices have developed in the juvenile criminal justice sector, and evidence is emerging to suggest that social workers do have a contribution to make to the control and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The report on the first case study consists of a discussion and summary of the results of the aforementioned 'system' study and its implications for the local authority as well as a presentation of information derived from the Section 7(7) Care Order Study and the identification of potential candidates for the Basildon intermediate treatment team's first intake into the 'alternative' program. The third and final sections of the report deal with (1) potential difficulties that may be encountered in the process of releasing juvenile offenders from custody and (2) the program which will be made available for the Basildon team for juvenile offenders released from custody. The second case study demonstrates how juveniles committed to long-term residential care under Section 7(7) Care Orders did not demonstrate a need for such placement and did not profit from it. Suggestions are offered for the types of alternative community and social services that should be made available. Flow diagrams for the programs examined and graphic data are provided.