Juvenile Delinquency Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention

by Heilbrun, Kirk; Goldstein, Naomi E. Sevin; Redding, Richard E.

• ISBN13: 9780195160079
• ISBN10: 019516007X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Juvenile offending and anti-social behavior are enormous societal concerns. This broad-reaching volume summarizes the current evidence on prevention, diversion, causes, and rates of delinquency, as well as assessment of risk and intervention needs. A distinguished cast of contributors fromlaw, psychology, and psychiatry describe what we know about interventions in school, community, and residential contexts, focusing particularly on interventions that are risk reducing and cost effective. Equally important, each chapter comments on what is not well supported through research,distinguishing aspects of current practice that are likely to be effective from those that are not and mapping new directions for research, policy, and practice. Finally, the volume provides a description of a model curriculum for training legal and mental health professionals on conductingrelevant assessments of adolescents for the courts. Effectively bridging research and practice, this will be an important resource for legal and mental health professionals involved in the juvenile justice system, policy makers seeking humane but effective interventions in the context of society'sneed for safety, and those involved in teaching about and training in juvenile delinquency.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and the Prevention of Antisocial Behavior Among Juveniles

School Violence: Fears Versus Facts

Juvenile Offending

Mental Health Disorders: The Neglected Risk Factor in Juvenile Delinquency

Risk Factors and Intervention Outcomes: Meta-Analyses of Juvenile Offending

Mental Health and Rehabilitative Services in Juvenile Justice: System Reforms and Innovative Approaches

Juvenile Diversion

Juveniles' Competence to Confess and Competence to Participate in the Juvenile Justice Process

Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice Policy and Practice

Adjudicatory and Dispositional Decision Making in Juvenile Justice

Community-Based Treatments

Mental Health Treatment for Juvenile Offenders in Residential Psychiatric and Juvenile Justice Settings

Training Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Professionals in Juvenile Forensic Assessment

Emerging Directions: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

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