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Title The mental health needs of young offenders : forging paths toward reintegration and rehabilitation / edited by Carol L. Kessler, Louis J. Kraus
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 450 pages) : illustrations
Contents An overview of child and adolescent mental health needs in the juvenile justice system / Carol L. Kessler -- Psychiatric disorders of youth in detention / Linda A. Teplin [and others] -- Disproportionate minority confinement / William Arroyo -- Police interrogation of youth / Allison D. Redlich and Steven Drizin -- Assessing children's competence to stand trial and to waive Miranda rights : new directions for legal and medical decision-making in juvenile courts / Thomas F. Geraghty, Louis J. Kraus, and Peter Fink -- The etiology of antisocial behavior : biopsychosocial risk factors across development / Kayla Pope and Christopher R. Thomas -- Substance abuse in youth offenders / Deborah R. Simkin -- Suicide and delinquent adolescents / Amer Smajkic and David C. Clark -- Juvenile sex offenders / Corinne Belsky, Wade C. Myers, and Daniel Bober -- Educational needs of youth in the juvenile justice system / Malika Closson and Kenneth M. Rogers -- Science and the juvenile death penalty / David Fassler and Stephen K. Harper -- Medical issues regarding incarcerated adolescents / Robert E. Morris -- Mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice / Gina M. Vincent, Thomas Grisso, and Anna Terry -- Psychological testing in juvenile justice settings / Ruth Kraus and Julie Wolf -- Psychopharmacology and juvenile delinquency / Niranjan S. Karnik, Marie V. Soller, and Hans Steiner -- Evidence-based treatment for justice-involved youth / Eric Trupin -- Community alternatives to incarceration / Christopher R. Thomas -- Innovative problem-solving court models for justice-involved youth / Carol L. Kessler -- Ethical issues of youthful offenders : confidentiality; right to receive and refuse treatment; seclusion and restraint / Lilia Romero-Bosch and Joseph V. Penn -- Post-adjudicatory assessment of youth / Louis J. Kraus and Hollie Sobel
Summary This book covers the screening, diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill young people in the juvenile justice system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Juvenile delinquents -- Mental health.
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation.
Juvenile Delinquency -- psychology.
Juvenile Delinquency -- rehabilitation.
Form Electronic book
Author Kessler, Carol L.
Kraus, Louis.
ISBN 0511341385
0511341911 (electronic bk.)
0511342446 (electronic bk.)
0511543913 (ebook)
052161290X (paperback)
1281085022
9780511341380
9780511341915 (electronic bk.)
9780511342448 (electronic bk.)
9780511543913 (ebook)
9780521612906 (paperback)
9781281085023