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Functional Family Therapy
Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsOffice of juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionJohn J. Wilson, Acting AdministratorFrom the AdministratorWhile a number of States andcommunities are turning to punitiveapproaches to addressing juvenilecrime, research indicates that suchapproaches, despite their high cost,are largely ineffective. juvenile offen-ders removed from their families andcommunities eventually return, andunless their underlying behavioralproblems have been treated effectively,these problems are likely to contributeto further Family Therapy (FFT)draws on a multisystemic perspectivein its Family -based prevention andintervention efforts. The program ap-plies a comprehensive model, proventheory, empirically tested principles,and a wealth of experience to thetreatment of at-risk and Bulletin chronicles FFT s evolu-tion over more than three decades;sets forth the program s core prin-ciples, goals, and techniques; andreviews its research implementation of FFTis described, and an example ofeffective replication is years of clinical researchindicate that FFT can prevent theonset of delinquency and reducerecidivism at a financial and humancost well below that exacted by thepunitive approaches noted believe this Bulletin
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin-quency Prevention (OJJDP) is dedicated to preventing and reversing trends of increased delinquency and violence among adoles-cents. These trends have alarmed the public during the past decade and challenged the juvenile justice system. It is widely accepted that increases in delinquency and violence
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