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Author:   Elena L. Grigorenko
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2012
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9781461409045

ISBN 10:   1461409047
Pages:   596
Publication Date:   18 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Developmental changes in adolescence and risks for delinquency.- The “why(s)” of criminal behavior in juveniles: The long and the short of it.- Race and sex disparity in juvenile justice processing.- Major principles in a minor context: Forensic practices involving adolescents.- Juveniles and criminal responsibility evaluations.- Sentencing juveniles to life in prison without the opportunity for parole.- Transfer to adult court: Enhancing clinical forensic evaluations and informing policy.- Need for and barriers to inclusion in health research of justice-involved youth.- Toward establishing standards of practice in juvenile forensic mental health assessment.- Assessment in juvenile justice systems: An overview.- Mental health assessment of juveniles.- The juvenile forensic court clinic in theory and practice.- The history, development, and testing of forensic risk assessment tools.- Assessing juveniles for risk of violence.- Becoming more therapeutic: Motivational interviewing as a communication style for paraprofessionals in juvenile justice settings.- the junction of personality theories: Working with juvenile offenders.- Services for youth in closed settings: Gaps in services.- Implementing Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) for juvenile justice prevention and treatment in communities.- Preventing early conduct problems and later delinquency.- Treating juvenile offenders: Best practices and emerging critical issues.- Psychopharmacological treatment of youth in juvenile justice settings.- IICAPS: A treatment model for delinquent youths with co-occurring mental health disorders.- Serving dually diagnosed youth in the juvenile justice system.- Treating juvenile sex offenders.- Sexually transmitted infections in juvenile offenders.- A self-Regulation Model for the Treatment of Pathological Juvenile Firesetters.- Mentor programming for at-risk youth.- Responding to child trauma:  Theory, programs, and policy.- Psychosocial treatment of traumatized juveniles.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among youth involved in juvenile justice.- Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among youth in the juvenile justice system: A Critical Appraisal.- Juvenile offenders with disabilities: Challenges and promises.- Ensuring that they learn.- Female juvenile offenders.- Juvenile gangs.- Juvenile forensic psychology and psychiatry: The movement toward data-based innovations.

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Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko received her Ph.D. in general psychology from Moscow State University, Russia, in 1990, and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and genetics from Yale University, New Haven, CT, in 1996. Currently, Dr. Grigorenko is Associate Professor of Child Studies, Psychology, and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale. Dr. Grigorenko has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books. She has received awards for her work from five different divisions of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1, 7, 10, 15, and 24); she also won the APA Distinguished Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology. Dr. Grigorenko has worked with children and their families in the U.S. as well as in Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar, the Gambia, and Zambia), India, and Russia. Her research has been funded by the NIH, NSF, DOE, Cure Autism Now, the Foundation for Child Development, the American Psychological Foundation, and other federal and private sponsoring organizations.

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