What Works with Adolescents Who Have offended

Langton and Worling have delivered this definitive, evidence-driven handbook that brings together leading international experts to show what truly works with justice-involved adolescents. Ambitious in scope yet highly accessible, it bridges rigorous research, clinical practice, and policy to provide clear, practical guidance on assessment, intervention, and system reform. It is an indispensable resource for clinicians, researchers, and policymakers committed to improving outcomes for young people who offend. James Ogloff, J.D., Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia This volume could not be more needed and relevant. Controversies surrounding youth justice—whether as a system it was too lenient, too justice-focused, or plainly ineffective—gained momentum over the past decade and a half. It is time to get back to what we know from the science of criminal conduct, what is effective intervention, and how integrating the findings of evaluation studies with serious consideration of the causes of youth crime can inform efforts to reduce offending and also enhance community safety. This volume brings together the outstanding work of international leaders in the field in an exhaustive review of the many facets that are key to addressing youthful offending. Alan Leschied, Ph.D., C. Psych [ret.], Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, Western University, Canada, & Fellow, The Canadian Psychology Association Informed by the latest research in the field, this wide-ranging book takes a fresh look at young people’s needs in relation to their offending behaviour. The chapters are thoughtful, thought-provoking, and keenly attuned to contemporary developments in youth justice. This is an authoritative and highly readable book. Loraine Gelsthorpe, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, England Practices and policies regarding the treatment of youth crime have evolved considerably over the past ten years or so, and the chapters in this volume represent an excellent introduction to these developments. Robert D. Hoge, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Canada In The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended: Theory, Research, and Practice, Drs. Calvin Langton and James Worling have gathered together contributions from an international array of scholars and clinicians across allied disciplines to provide comprehensive coverage of a wide range of evidence-based and emerging practices in assessment and intervention work with adolescents involved in youth justice. With sections on clinical presentations and disorders, distinct groups, the nature of interventions, and broad considerations and approaches in the field, this timely volume offers critical discussion of theory, policy, and research as well as practical guidance that will be an essential resource for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and graduate students. Promising, evidence-based practices in prevention and intervention work with adolescents involved with the youth justice system With scholarly discussions of theory, policy, and research defining the field, What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended delivers the latest evidence-based practices in prevention and intervention work with adolescents involved with the youth justice system. This book explicitly addresses the evidence bases for best practices in applied work and covers influential jurisprudence, policies, and programs implemented across geographical jurisdictions. The book is divided into four sections. The first section covers clinical presentations and disorders, such as substance use, ADHD, intellectual disabilities, autism, PTSD, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The second section covers distinct groups including adolescent girls, gangs, sexual offenders, and firesetters, along with general race, ethnicity, and cultural considerations. The third section covers the nature of interventions, with information on family therapy approaches, dialectical behavior therapy, and cognitive-behavioral interventions. The last section covers broad considerations and approaches in the field. With contributions from internationally renowned authorities in the field, What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended includes discussion on: Key conceptual issues, methodological approaches and innovations, diversity of contributions on aetiology, and lifespan perspectives Major contributions from major theoretical models, neuroscience, and research in developmental criminology Ethical and professional issues in healthcare work with youth-justice involved youth Critical reviews of the extant literatures and future directions in the field Priorities for research, policy, and practice based on lessons learned throughout the text The expansive selection of contents and organization of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended makes the work valuable to a broad readership, including researchers and academics, practitioners, and legal scholars and policy makers.

Pagina's: 496, Editie: Eerste editie, Paperback, Wiley-Blackwell