Joe was caught in the act of armed robbery. Kevin, with friends, beat up a man and took his money. When Francis threw his teacher across the room, a knife in his pocket led to the charge of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. John lost control and killed a peer who was "pushing him around." Mike grabbed an old lady's handbag, she lost her balance and died as a result of her fall; he was found guilty of first degree murder. James threatened little girls that he would hurt them if they did not indulge in sex play with him.

Some delinquents who were unreachable and failed to respond to juvenile interventions may at age 17 or 18 become depressed and then be accessible and motivated for treatment and rehabilitation. If their needs and potentials remain unrecognized, they may act out their depression with continued offenses, alcoholism, drug dependence, and social maladaptations. Untreated, such depressions are long-lasting and have far-reaching influences upon family.

National statistics reveal that in the year 1975 over 20 000 young persons met death as the result of automobile accidents. Daily accounts in the news appall us, and there are few of us whose lives have not been touched, directly or indirectly, by such tragedy. We are still living the history of the motorcar, within the intricate phenomena of its use and abuse, and the vital place it has had in our economy. Automobilization has, in half a century, instrumented great changes in our lifestyle and influenced our culture; it has altered our concepts of time and distance, our terrain and atmosphere, and revolutionalized commercial enterprise. The immediacy of the auto, its gratifications, its utility, have tended to overwhelm and obscure thoughtful consideration of even the most significant vital implications of its use.