The purpose of this study was to examine the way youths who had been to the Berrien County Juvenile Center evaluated the impact of the treatment program. Of the 104 youths who had been in the center between 1974 and 1976, 38 completed questionnaires. Repeaters were interviewed at the center while one-time offenders were visited at their homes. There was no median number of arrests following initial release from the center, and the median change in severity of crime from those rearrested was to "less severe." Significantly, in 93 percent of the cases, the new crime was no different from or was less severe than the original. The median grade level both before and after the residential treatment program (RTP) showed no change. The youths' achievement level remained below grade six even after the RTP. Both the group meetings and the positive peer culture programs were held in high esteem by the respondents. However, the residential school program was not significantly useful in helping the youths return permanently to public school. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents were unemployed after the RTP and 57 percent were not in school. (Author/IRT)