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Dr. Carroll discusses unwillingness in delinquent patients chiefly as it is related to their having appeared in court. The conscious unwillingness, the fact that the unconscious unwillingness is often similar to that found in perversions and the ease with which the therapy is identified with the punishment are the chief factors leading to technical difficulties. Ways of minimizing the difficulties by manipulating the relationship between the court and the therapist are discussed. Some hope for a shorter treatment which will result in social stability without effecting a radical cure is expressed. Dr. Carroll puts forward a tentative psycho-pathological classification of the types of unwillingness he has encountered and states that the greatest need at the moment is research into clinical types. Dr. Hubert discusses the unwillingness in homosexuals as related to the unmodifiable constitutional aspects and to the various aspects of cultural tolerance. Dr. Rees initiates treatment by trying to have the patient dissociate the physician's attitude to his 'antisocial behaviour' and 'he himself'. He stresses the importance of making the psychiatric examination