Juvenile Delinquency Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention

Juvenile offending and anti-social behaviour 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 from law 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 conducting relevant 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's need for safety and those involved in teaching about and training in juvenile delinquency.

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• ISBN Juvenile Delinquency ( Prevention assessment and intervention ) 368 pages English