
Interviewing, Evaluation, and Risk Assessment of Sexually Offending Youth
Eileen P. Ryan
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
This chapter focuses on critical components of evaluation and risk assessment of children and adolescents who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior. The scope of the interview and ...
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Placing Sexual Behavior Problems in Context: What Is “Normal” Sexual Behavior Among Juveniles?
Daniel C. Murrie
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
In Chapter 2 the question of "What is normal?" is tackled with a review of the literature that describes common sexual development and behaviors in youth (early childhood, middle childhood, ...
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Juvenile Diversion
Deborah A. Chapin and Patricia A. Griffin
in Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention, assessment, and intervention
This chapter examines juvenile justice diversion as an alternative to formal juvenile justice adjudication and juvenile placement, particularly residential placement. Juvenile diversion is ...
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Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice Policy and Practice
Edward P. Mulvey
in Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention, assessment, and intervention
This chapter reviews some of the assumptions about risk assessment that underpin certain juvenile justice policies and practices. It addresses three places where risk assessment plays a ...
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Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
This chapter focuses on juveniles’ competence to stand trial. The principle illustrated by the first case addresses the importance of considering both relevance and scientific reliability ...
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Juvenile Commitment
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
This chapter focuses on the legal question of the disposition of juvenile cases. It is called “commitment” because the commitment to a state department of juvenile justice for residential ...
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Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
Eileen P. Ryan, Daniel C. Murrie, and John A. Hunter
Serving as a functional guide, this text expertly prepares clinicians for the challenging task of evaluating juveniles, picking up where traditional clinical training often falls short and ...
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Changing Perceptions of Juvenile Sexual Offending in Society and the Legal System
Eileen P. Ryan
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 1 focuses on changing perceptions and legal trends with respect to youth crime in general and sex offending specifically, and it provides some insight into how we deal with youthful ...
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Assessment Instruments for Juveniles Who Sexually Offend
Daniel C. Murrie
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
This chapter presents a review of the three measures most commonly used for risk assessments of juvenile sexual offenders: the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol-II(J-SOAP-II), the ...
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Biological and Pharmacologic Treatment of Sexually Aberrant Behavior
Eileen P. Ryan
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 9 provides an in-depth review of biological and pharmacological approaches to sexual offending, noting that most of the work in this area for practical and ethical reasons has been ...
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Juvenile Sexual Offending and Psychopathology
Eileen P. Ryan
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 4 discusses the differences between purely clinical evaluation and forensic evaluation, as well as common dilemmas that may arise clinically when forensic issues surface. ...
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Forensic Evaluation Versus Clinical Evaluation: How Do They Differ?
Eileen P. Ryan
in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 5 offers an in-depth discussion of how to conduct a thorough evaluation and risk assessment of a sexually abusive or offending juvenile. The importance and specifics of risk ...
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Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Juveniles
Robert D. Hoge and D.A. Andrews
In making recommendations for best practice, authors consider empirical support, legal relevance, and consistency with ethical and professional standards, and this online resource offers ...
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The Legal Context
Robert D. Hoge and D. A. Andrews
in Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Juveniles
Chapter 1 discusses the larger legal and social contexts within which violence risk and management assessments are conducted, including alternative methods of juvenile justice, the juvenile ...
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Mental Health Disorders: The Neglected Risk Factor in Juvenile Delinquency
Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, Oluseyi Olubadewo, Richard E. Redding, and Frances J. Lexcen
in Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention, assessment, and intervention
This chapter reports the prevalence and characteristics of common mental health disorders in juvenile delinquents, and describes the most promising mental health treatment options for ...
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Juvenile Delinquency: Past and Present
Richard E. Redding, Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, and Kirk Heilbrun
in Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention, assessment, and intervention
This chapter outlines the current state of the juvenile justice system of the United States as well as its history. It also discusses the scope and purpose of the title itself, and the ...
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Juveniles’ Competence to Confess and Competence to Participate in the Juvenile Justice Process
Randy K. Otto and Alan M. Goldstein
in Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention, assessment, and intervention
This chapter discusses juvenile’s competence to confess and competence to participate in the juvenile justice process. It reviews the legal and psychological literatures focused on the ...
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The Legal Context
Ivan Kruh and Thomas Grisso
in Evaluation of Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial
Chapter 1 explores the legal context of juvenile defendants’ competence to stand trial (CST). It considers the sociolegal purpose and history (rational for CST in criminal court, evolution ...
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Preparation for the Evaluation
Ivan Kruh and Thomas Grisso
in Evaluation of Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial
Chapter 4 discusses preparations for the evaluation of juvenile CST. This includes qualifications for conducting juvenile CST evaluations, clarifying the referral, contacting defense ...
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Screening for Sexual Offender Risk
David Medoff and Sarah J. Sternlieb
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 15 discusses screening for sexual offender risk, including the context and process of screening (using evidence-based and clinically derived factors or risk), structured instruments ...
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