Juvenile Delinquency : Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention
by Kirk Heilbrun 2020-07-24 04:22:02
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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. ... Read more
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. Less
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  • 9.54x6.62x1.13inches
  • 368
  • Oxford University Press, USA
  • March 1, 2005
  • 9780195160079
Kirk Heilbrun is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, Drexel University...
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