MST's analytic process gives hope to families with troubled adolescents.

Families with adolescents who have committed crimes are often at the end of their tether and have lost all hope. The first question to their MST therapist often is “what could you possibly do that we haven’t tried?” Then they say, “And believe me, we’ve tried everything, and nothing works.” What they quickly come to learn is that MST's approach to working with families is different from anything they've tried in the past.

That's because MST is rooted in understanding the family's unique circumstances and their strengths. The therapist uses the MST Analytic Process, what we call the Do Loop to create change by slowing down to first seek understanding and then speeding up by acting and doing.

A comprehensive report on juvenile crime, victimization, and the juvenile justice system

To say the National Center for Juvenile Justice’s (NCJJ) 2014 Juvenile Offenders and Victims report is comprehensive is not doing it justice.

The center used a vast array of sources from Census Bureau to the FBI to state agencies with the objective of giving the public, media, elected officials, and juvenile-justice professionals accurate statistics on the types of crime juveniles are committing, who’s committing the crimes, and trends in criminal behaviors.

Adolescents are easily influenced. No surprise there. Sometimes that means regrettable decisions like nose piercing and getting a tattoo. But when your brother or sister gets in trouble with the law, has friends who are violent and incorrigible, the influences are more serious, possibly leading to juvenile detention and prison.