Juvenile Delinquency Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention [Hardcover]

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 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.

1. Introduction,Richard E. Redding, Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, and Kirk Heilbrun
2. Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and the Prevention of Antisocial Behavior Among Juveniles,David DeMatteo and Geoffrey Marczyk
3. School Violence: Fears Versus Facts,,Dewey G. Cornell
4. Juvenile Offending,Barry Krisberg and Angela M. Wolf
5. Mental Health Disorders: The Neglected Risk Factor in Juvenile Delinquency,Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, Oluseyi Olubadewo, Richard E. Redding, and Fran Lexcen
6. Risk Factors and Intervention Outcomes: Meta-Analyses of Juvenile Offending,Kirk Heilbrun, Ria Lee, and Cindy Cottle
7. Mental Health and Rehabilitative Services ilS/