Overview

It is well known that many children and adolescents entering the juvenile justice system suffer from serious mental disorders. Yet until now, few resources have been available to help mental health and juvenile justice professionals accurately identify the mental health needs of the youths in their care. Filling a crucial gap, this volume offers a practical primer on screening and assessment together with in-depth reviews of over 20 widely used instruments. Comprehensive and timely, it brings together leading experts to provide authoritative guidance in this challenging area of clinical practice. The volume begins with a clear overview of the basics: the nature of mental disorders among justice-involved youths, the ""whys"" and ""how-tos"" of setting up screening and assessment programs in juvenile justice facilities, and what to look for in selecting appropriate instruments. Subsequent sections present a range of screening and assessment tools that are particularly useful with this high-risk population. Chapters on specific measures/m-/many of which are written by the test developers themselves/m-/follow a consistent format for ease of reference and comparison. Coverage encompasses psychometric properties, recommended applications, and administration and scoring procedures, illustrated with helpful case examples. Included are instruments that can be used at all points in the juvenile justice process, whether to determine the need for specialized mental health treatment services, evaluate violence risks, develop more effective rehabilitation plans, or address specific forensic questions. Grounded in extensive research and real-world practical experience, this is an indispensable reference for clinical and forensic psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists, as well as juvenile justice administrators and others who work with youths in the justice system. An informative resource for students, it is an ideal supplemental text for graduate-level courses.

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Author:   Thomas Grisso ,  Gina M. Vincent ,  Daniel Seagrave ,  Larkin McReynolds
Publisher:   Guilford Publications
Imprint:   Guilford Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.334kg
ISBN:  

9781593851323

ISBN 10:   1593851324
Pages:   397
Publication Date:   07 April 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

I. Preparing for Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice Programs 1. Why We Need Mental Health Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice Programs, Thomas Grisso 2. A Developmental Perspective on Adolescent Personality, Psychopathology, and Delinquency, Gina Vincent and Thomas Grisso 3. The Context for Mental Health Screening and Assessment, Thomas Grisso and Gina Vincent 4. Evaluating the Properties of Instruments for Screening and Assessment, Thomas Grisso II. Multidimensional Brief Screening Tools 5. Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument--Version 2, Thomas Grisso and Judith C. Quinlan 6. Problem-Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers, Richard Dembo and Amanda Anderson 7. Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale, Kay Hodges III. Unidimensional Screening Tools 8. Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory for Adolescents--Second Version, Franklin G. Miller and Linda E. Lazowski 9. Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children, Jennifer Meltzer Wolpaw, Julian D. Ford, Elana Newman, Joanne L. Davis, and John Briere 10. Scales for Assessing Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder, Bryan R. Loney and Carla A. Counts IV. Comprehensive Assessment Instruments 11. Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, Thomas Achenbach 12. Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition; Personality Inventory for Youth; and Student Behavior Survey, David Lachar and Jenine Boyd 13. Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children: Present State Voice Version, Gail A. Wasserman, Larkin S. McReynolds, Prudence Fisher, and Christopher P. Lucas 14. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Adolescent, Robert P. Archer and Emily M. Baker 15. Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory, Randall T. Salekin, Anne-Marie R. Leistico, Crystal L. Schrum, and Jana Mullins V. Risk for Violence and Recidivism Assessment Tools 16. Washington State Juvenile Court Assessment, Robert Barnoski and Steven Markussen 17. Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory, Robert D. Hoge 18. Early Assessment Risk Lists for Boys and Girls, Leena K. Augimeri, Christopher J. Koegl, Kathryn S. Levene, and Christopher D. Webster 19. Structured Assessment of Violent Risk in Youth, Randy Borum, Patrick A. Bartel, and Adelle E. Forth 20. Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version, Adelle E. Forth VI. Forensic Assessment Tools 21. The Risk-Sophistication-Treatment Inventory, Randall T. Salekin, Karen L. Salekin, Carl B. Clements, and Anne-Marie R. Leistico 22. Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights, Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, Lois Oberlander Condie, and Rachel Kalbeitzer 23. MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool--Criminial Adjudication, Jennifer L. Woolard and Samantha Harvell

Reviews

This is the book to buy if you work in the juvenile justice system....The book really is complete in itself. It is easy to read and informative. I give it my highest recommendation....4 stars! -- Doody's Electronic Journal <br> The book will do a lot to promote an effective response to the enormous mental health needs in juvenile justice facilities. This volume will be an invaluable resource for the dual audiences it is addressed to, both juvenile justice professionals and mental health professionals working with a juvenile justice population....I recommend that mental health professionals and juvenile justice professionals buy the book and share it within the context of a multidisciplinary juvenile justice team....a valuable tool. -- APA PsycCRITIQUES <p> Right on target as a desperately needed reference for people who are responsible for selecting, deploying, and developing instruments for screening and assessing youthful offenders. It describes a range of instruments....Provides state-of-the-art assessments for substance abuse, violence, and other practical concerns of the juvenile justice system and the mental health providers who serve it. A thoughtful and useful touch is a vignette that describes the use of each instrument after its properties, applications, and limitations are described. This book is an essential read or reference text for providers of mental health services in juvenile justice populations. -- Psychiatric Services <p> A timely addition to the literature in this area....Comprehensively reviews screening and assessment tools currently available to assess the mental state of young people connected to the youth offending service....An invaluable review. -- BritishJournal of Social Work <p> This volume succeeds admirably in all important respects....The editors have provided all the guidance and structure readers will need to make the best use of this exceptionally well-done text....I am confident that it will serve both a model for how we should proceed, and a beacon for where we should be going in this important area of professional practice. -- Child and Family Behavior Therapy <p><br>

This is an excellent resource for guiding the selection of mental health assessment tools for use in the juvenile justice system. It is comprehensive, authoritative, and practical. The volume clearly articulates the many applications of mental health assessment in the juvenile justice system, and reviews specific measures that meet a variety of needs. This is an important contribution for mental health workers in the juvenile justice system, for researchers studying the mental health needs of juvenile offenders, and, as a graduate text, for students being trained to work in the juvenile justice system. --Paul J. Frick, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans <br> This book will prove valuable to program administrators and mental health professionals alike. In addition to providing a comprehensive discussion of the challenges of, and rationale for, mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice settings, Grisso et al. have assembled a cadre of professionals uniquely situated to describe and review the utility of key measures of emotional and behavioral functioning. Administrators charged with implementing screening and assessment programs, practitioners considering the utility of specific assessment tools that may be employed in this arena, and researchers, as well, all will find this volume extremely helpful. --Randy K. Otto, PhD, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida <br> This essential book succeeds in significantly raising the bar for how accurately and effectively we can identify the mental health needs of youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. Grisso et al. provide a conceptual framework for screening and assessment, describe the major tools currently available for use in juvenile justice settings, and offer guidelines for using these tools to glean what practitioners need to know, when they need to know it. Highly useful and relevant, this book co

This is an excellent resource for guiding the selection of mental health assessment tools for use in the juvenile justice system. It is comprehensive, authoritative, and practical. The volume clearly articulates the many applications of mental health assessment in the juvenile justice system, and reviews specific measures that meet a variety of needs. This is an important contribution for mental health workers in the juvenile justice system, for researchers studying the mental health needs of juvenile offenders, and, as a graduate text, for students being trained to work in the juvenile justice system.--Paul J. Frick, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans This book will prove valuable to program administrators and mental health professionals alike. In addition to providing a comprehensive discussion of the challenges of, and rationale for, mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice settings, Grisso et al. have assembled a cadre of professionals uniquely situated to describe and review the utility of key measures of emotional and behavioral functioning. Administrators charged with implementing screening and assessment programs, practitioners considering the utility of specific assessment tools that may be employed in this arena, and researchers, as well, all will find this volume extremely helpful.--Randy K. Otto, PhD, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida This essential book succeeds in significantly raising the bar for how accurately and effectively we can identify the mental health needs of youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. Grisso et al. provide a conceptual framework for screening and assessment, describe the major tools currently available for use in juvenile justice settings, and offer guidelines for using these tools to glean what practitioners need to know, when they need to know it. Highly useful and relevant, this book could not be arriving at a more critical time. It provides the practical knowledge base upon which to make better decisions and develop better mental health services for justice-involved youth in juvenile programs and in the community.--Joseph J. Cocozza, PhD, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, Policy Research Associates, Inc., Delmar, New York An impressive, comprehensive, and up-to-date work. Developmental and diagnostic issues are covered along with the strengths and weaknesses of assessment tools available for use with this population. This book, which is well edited and accessible, is an essential resource for anyone working in juvenile justice settings.--Diane H. Schetky, MD, private practice in forensic psychiatry, Rockport, Maine; Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine at Maine Medical Center - This volume succeeds admirably in all important respects....The editors have provided all the guidance and structure readers will need to make the best use of this exceptionally well-done text....I am confident that it will serve both a model for how we should proceed, and a beacon for where we should be going in this important area of professional practice. --Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 2/26/2005ƒƒ Right on target as a desperately needed reference for people who are responsible for selecting, deploying, and developing instruments for screening and assessing youthful offenders. It describes a range of instruments....Provides state-of-the-art assessments for substance abuse, violence, and other practical concerns of the juvenile justice system and the mental health providers who serve it. A thoughtful and useful touch is a vignette that describes the use of each instrument after its properties, applications, and limitations are described. This book is an essential read or reference text for providers of mental health services in juvenile justice populations. --Psychiatric Services, 2/26/2005ƒƒ The book will do a lot to promote an effective response to the enormous mental health needs in juvenile justice facilities. This volume will be an invaluable resource for the dual audiences it is addressed to, both juvenile justice professionals and mental health professionals working with a juvenile justice population....I recommend that mental health professionals and juvenile justice professionals buy the book and share it within the context of a multidisciplinary juvenile justice team....a valuable tool. --PsycCRITIQUES, 2/26/2005

This is an excellent resource for guiding the selection of mental health assessment tools for use in the juvenile justice system. It is comprehensive, authoritative, and practical. The volume clearly articulates the many applications of mental health assessment in the juvenile justice system, and reviews specific measures that meet a variety of needs. This is an important contribution for mental health workers in the juvenile justice system, for researchers studying the mental health needs of juvenile offenders, and, as a graduate text, for students being trained to work in the juvenile justice system. --Paul J. Frick, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans <br> This book will prove valuable to program administrators and mental health professionals alike. In addition to providing a comprehensive discussion of the challenges of, and rationale for, mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice settings, Grisso et al. have assembled a cadre of profession

This is an excellent resource for guiding the selection of mental health assessment tools for use in the juvenile justice system. It is comprehensive, authoritative, and practical. The volume clearly articulates the many applications of mental health assessment in the juvenile justice system, and reviews specific measures that meet a variety of needs. This is an important contribution for mental health workers in the juvenile justice system, for researchers studying the mental health needs of juvenile offenders, and, as a graduate text, for students being trained to work in the juvenile justice system. --Paul J. Frick, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans This book will prove valuable to program administrators and mental health professionals alike. In addition to providing a comprehensive discussion of the challenges of, and rationale for, mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice settings, Grisso et al. have assembled a cadre of professionals uniquely situated to describe and review the utility of key measures of emotional and behavioral functioning. Administrators charged with implementing screening and assessment programs, practitioners considering the utility of specific assessment tools that may be employed in this arena, and researchers, as well, all will find this volume extremely helpful. --Randy K. Otto, PhD, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida This essential book succeeds in significantly raising the bar for how accurately and effectively we can identify the mental health needs of youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. Grisso et al. provide a conceptual framework for screening and assessment, describe the major tools currently available for use in juvenile justice settings, and offer guidelines for using these tools to glean what practitioners need to know, when they need to know it. Highly useful and relevant, this book co

Author Information

Thomas Grisso, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Psychology, and Coordinator of the Law and Psychiatry Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. His research, teaching, and clinical practice focus on forensic mental health evaluations and services. Dr. Grisso has received numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, and has authored several books on psychology and juvenile justice. He is also a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. Gina M. Vincent, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Law and Psychiatry Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is Co-Investigator of the National Norms for the MAYSI-2 project, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, and Project Director of the Juvenile Adjudicative Competence project, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Dr. Vincent has published and presented widely in the areas of juvenile psychopathy, juvenile sex offending, violence risk assessment, and mental disorder in juvenile justice. Daniel Seagrave, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who holds a Diplomate in Forensic Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is the former Director of the Forensic Division of the New Mexico State Hospital. Dr. Seagrave's private practice focused on forensic evaluations for both criminal and juvenile court. He is currently employed as a clinical psychologist with the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests include juvenile violence risk assessment and the application of psychopathy concepts to juvenile offenders.

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