Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law
I am not sure when a series of volumes becomes an "institution"; this is the fourth annual volume of Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, and each has been an extraordinary summary of important forensic topics. This book makes the point that the interface of psychiatry and l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
| Series: | Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law
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Table of Contents:
- Section I Juvenile Crime
- 1. The Historical Challenge of Juvenile Criminality
- 2. Some Criminogenic Traits of Offenders
- 3. Biological Causes of Delinquency
- 4. A Psychodynamic Approach to Understanding Juvenile Criminality
- 5. Childhood Identification and Prophylaxis of Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Section II Sexual Issues
- 6. Psychiatric Aspects of Incest Involving Juveniles
- 7. Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse and Forensic Psychiatrists
- 8. Special Considerations in the Psychiatric Evaluation of Sexual Offenders against Minors
- 9. Diagnosis and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
- 10. The United States Age-of-Consent Laws Governing the Sexual Conduct of Minors: A Rationale for National Uniformity; an Overview of the Present Law; a Proposal for Reform
- Section III Clinical Considerations
- 11. Assessment of Juvenile Psychopathology for Legal Purposes
- 12. Emotional, Cognitive, and Moral Developmental Considerations in Interviews of Adolescents for Forensic Purposes
- 13. Adolescent Psychological Development: Normal and Abnormal
- 14. Substance Abuse among Juveniles
- 15. Issues in the Forensic Assessment of the Black Adolescent
- 16. A Reintroduction to Pediatric Medicine for Forensic Psychiatrists
- 17. Issues of Adolescent Medicine
- 18. An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Neurology for Forensic Psychiatrists
- Section IV Hospital Issues
- 19. The Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescent as Victim: Forensic Psychiatric Considerations
- 20. Special Considerations in the Inhospital Treatment of Dangerously Violent Juveniles
- 21. Psychiatric Restraint of Children and Adolescents: Clinical and Legal Aspects
- Section V Public Policy Issues
- 22. The Adolescent’s Right to Psychiatric Care
- 23. The Juvenile Transfer Hearing and the ForensicPsychiatrist