Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry
Juvenile justice centers have a long tradition as an unfortunate stop for young offenders who need mental health care. Reports estimate that as many as 70% of the youth in detention centers meet criteria for mental health disorders. As juvenile justice sy
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Elena L. Grigorenko Editor
Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry
Editor Elena L. Grigorenko, PhD Child Study Center Department of Psychology, and Epidemiology & Public Health Yale University New Haven, CT, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-0904-5 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-0905-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0905-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2102930261 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
About the Editor
Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko received her PhD in general psychology from Moscow State University, Russia, in 1990, and her PhD 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 USA 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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Contents
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Introduction .................................................................................. Dana Shoenberg
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Developmental Changes in Adolescence and Risks for Delinquency ............................................................................ Baptiste Barbot and Scott R. Hunter
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The “Why(s)” of Criminal Behavior in Juveniles: The Long and the Short of It ...................................................... Elena L. Grigorenko
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Race and Sex Disparity in Juvenile Justice Processing ............ Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
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Major Principles in a Minor Context: Forensic Practices Involving Adolescents .................................................................. Sandra B. McPherson
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