Juvenile Delinquency - Prevention, assessment, and intervention (Hardcover, New)

Juvenile offending and anti-social behaviour 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 from law, 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 conducting relevant 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's need for safety, and those involved in teaching about and training in juvenile delinquency.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	March 2005
Editors:	Kirk Heilbrun • Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein • Richard E. Redding
Dimensions:	240 x 165 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-516007-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Criminal or forensic psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Medicine > General issues > Medicolegal issues Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Counselling Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-516007-X
Barcode:	9780195160079

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