ABSTRACT
Delinquency, as crimes reported to police that are committed by juveniles. In order to transform rather than merely interrupt the delinquency, one needs a therapy that will help structure more functional premises for behavior. The key to defeating delinquency is to help the adolescent locate a context where a good, more competent self can emerge, so that when the youngster experiments with delinquency he is not pulled in totally and understands "being good" as an alternative. Eventually the youngster will slip back into delinquency. The therapy can attempt to transform the family context in many ways, but unless the premise for a good self has been created, nothing will really be accomplished. The therapist must work to create a new context in which more functional areas of the adolescent's self will be supported. Many family therapists believe that by changing the family's reality the family's behavior will automatically change.
