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Informationen zum Autor Editor-in-Chief Kirk Heilbrun Klappentext The APA Handbook of Psychology and Juvenile Justice consolidates and advances knowledge about the legal, scientific, and applied foundations of the juvenile justice system. In addition to an overview of the area, it contains chapters in the following sections: Relevant Law (focusing on important legislation and on U.S. Supreme Court decisions from Kent and Gault to Eddings, Roper, Graham, and Miller-Jackson, and on the relevant legal theory of preventive justice for adolescents); Human Development (describing research on adolescent development and brain development as they apply to behavior in the juvenile justice context); Patterns of Offending (including evidence about offending in juveniles and the persistence vs. desistance into adulthood); Risk Factors for Offending (evidence about risk factors for juvenile offending including Risk-Need-Responsivity theory, juvenile psychopathy, substance abuse, gangs, and trauma/adverse experience, as well as threat assessment and bullying prevention in schools); Forensic Assessment (assessing risk, needs/amenability, and sophistication-maturity as part of legal decisions on commitment, transfer, and reverse transfer, as well as legal decisions on Miranda waiver capacity and competence to stand trial); Interventions (evidence on risk-reducing interventions, both in the community and in residential placement, including for specialized offending of sexual offenders); and Training and Ethics (including the updated MacArthur curriculum on adolescents in the juvenile justice system and an analysis of the ethical issues particular to juvenile justice). Zusammenfassung This handbook consolidates and advances knowledge about the legal, scientific, and applied foundations of the juvenile justice system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editorial BoardAbout the Editor-in-ChiefContributorsSeries PrefaceIntroductionI. OverviewPsychology and Juvenile Justice: Human Development, Law, Science, and PracticeKirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Naomi E. S. Goldstein, Benjamin Locklair, Megan Murphy, and Christy GiallellaII. LawChildren in the Justice System: The Legal FrameworkMarsha Levick and Jessica FeiermanPreventive Justice for AdolescentsChristopher SloboginIII. Human DevelopmentHuman Development and Juvenile JusticeElizabeth P. Shulman and Laurence SteinbergAdolescent Brain Development: Implications to the Juvenile Criminal Justice SystemBeatriz Luna and Catherine WrightAdolescent Development, Mental Disorder, and Decision-Making in Delinquent YouthsAlison G. Nagel, Lucy A. Guarnera, and N. Dickon ReppucciIV. Patterns of OffendingSerious Questions About Serious Juvenile Offenders: Patterns of Offending and OffensesJennifer L. Woolard and Erika FountainDesistance and Life-Course Persistence: Findings From Longitudinal Studies Using Group-Based Trajectory Modeling of Antisocial BehaviorMichael A. Russell and Candice L. OdgersV. Risk Factors for OffendingRisk, Need, and Responsivity in JuvenilesRobert D. HogeJuvenile Psychopathy: Appropriate and Inappropriate Uses in Legal ProceedingsGina M. Vincent, Eva R. Kimonis, and Alisa ClarkSchool-Based Risk Factors, Bullying, and Threat AssessmentDewey Cornell and Anna HeilbrunDisrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Strategies to Reduce the Risk of School-Based Zero Tolerance Policies Resulting in Juvenile Justice InvolvementBrian P. Daly, Aimee K. Hildenbrand, Emily Haney-Caron, Naomi E. S. Goldstein, Meghann Galloway, and David DeMatteoSubstance Use and Substance Use Disorders as Risk Factors for Juvenile OffendingLaurie Chassin, Andre D. Mansion, Brandon Nichter, and Danielle PandikaGangsWesley G. Jennings and Jennifer M. Reingle GonzalezTrauma, Adverse Experience, and OffendingAmanda D. ZelechoskiVI. Forensic AssessmentForensic Assessment of JuvenilesKirk Heilbrun and Benjamin LocklairRisk Assessment With JuvenilesDavid DeMatteo, Melinda Wolbransky, and Casey LaDukeDist...
