THE CONCLUSIONS INDICATE THAT LITTLE EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS IN REDUCING DELINQUENCY SUBSEQUENT TO TREATMENT WAS SHOWN. EVIDENCE OF SUCH SUCCESS WAS CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT COMPROMISED BY WEAKNESS OF EVALUATION METHODOLOGY. THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT THE DATA TENTATIVELY SUGGEST THAT IT MAY BE SOME WHAT EASIER TO REDUCE THE DELINQUENCY OF HARD-CORE JUVENILE OFFENDERS THAN THAT OF LESS SERIOUS OFFENDERS. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT IN THE FUTURE SUCH PROGRAMS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED AND EVALUATED FRANKLY AS EXPERIMENTS, AND THAT TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE COMPULSORY UNLESS RESTRICTION OF THE OFFENDER'S LIBERTY IS JUSTIFIED FROM PUBLIC SAFETY COSIDERATIONS. THE AUTHOR ALSO CONCLUDES THAT RESOURCES SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED ON THE SERIOUS OFFENDER, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST-TIME OFFENDER WHOSE OFFENSE INVOLVES ACTUAL THEFT, PROPERTY LOSS, OR PERSONAL INJURY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)