must learn to face and handle. For difficult offenders especially, a rigid, disciplined environment is more helpful than one more permissive. Many other sociopaths are committed to treatment as a condition of parole. The threat of reimprisonment in the hands of the therapist makes countertransference more difficult. But as a reality that must be adjusted to, it can become a practical issue of therapy. . Treatment should follow that recommended for the borderline. Groups are considerably