NCJ Number
109921
Journal
American Journal of Family Therapy Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1987) Pages: 316-325
Date Published
1987
Length
10 pages
Annotation
An intervention strategy is presented which can be used with families of adolescents who continue breaking the law despite improvement of family functioning during therapy.
Abstract
The strategy emphasizes collaboration between the therapist and juvenile justice system in stopping the child's law-breaking behavior in the shortest amount of time. The treatment strategy is suggested as a specific intervention to be used only when conventional family therapy strategies have failed to promote the cessation of the adolescent's law-breaking behavior. As such, it is suggested as a strategy to be used in conjunction with family therapy rather than as a comprehensive treatment approach in itself. (Author abstract)