Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry
Juvenile justice centers have a long tradition as an unfortunate stop for young offenders who need mental health care. Reports estimate that as many as 70% of the youth in detention centers meet criteria for mental health disorders. As juvenile justice systems once again turn their focus from confin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Developmental changes in adolescence and risks for delinquency
- The “why(s)” of criminal behavior in juveniles: The long and the short of it
- Race and sex disparity in juvenile justice processing
- Major principles in a minor context: Forensic practices involving adolescents
- Juveniles and criminal responsibility evaluations
- Sentencing juveniles to life in prison without the opportunity for parole
- Transfer to adult court: Enhancing clinical forensic evaluations and informing policy
- Need for and barriers to inclusion in health research of justice-involved youth
- Toward establishing standards of practice in juvenile forensic mental health assessment
- Assessment in juvenile justice systems: An overview
- Mental health assessment of juveniles
- The juvenile forensic court clinic in theory and practice
- The history, development, and testing of forensic risk assessment tools
- Assessing juveniles for risk of violence
- Becoming more therapeutic: Motivational interviewing as a communication style for paraprofessionals in juvenile justice settings
- the junction of personality theories: Working with juvenile offenders
- Services for youth in closed settings: Gaps in services
- Implementing Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) for juvenile justice prevention and treatment in communities
- Preventing early conduct problems and later delinquency
- Treating juvenile offenders: Best practices and emerging critical issues
- Psychopharmacological treatment of youth in juvenile justice settings
- IICAPS: A treatment model for delinquent youths with co-occurring mental health disorders
- Serving dually diagnosed youth in the juvenile justice system
- Treating juvenile sex offenders
- Sexually transmitted infections in juvenile offenders
- A self-Regulation Model for the Treatment of Pathological Juvenile Firesetters
- Mentor programming for at-risk youth
- Responding to child trauma: Theory, programs, and policy
- Psychosocial treatment of traumatized juveniles
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among youth involved in juvenile justice
- Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among youth in the juvenile justice system: A Critical Appraisal
- Juvenile offenders with disabilities: Challenges and promises
- Ensuring that they learn
- Female juvenile offenders
- Juvenile gangs
- Juvenile forensic psychology and psychiatry: The movement toward data-based innovations