Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry

Abstract

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.