Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
The relationship between forensic clinical psychology and the juvenile courts and juvenile justice system is a special one. Psychologists and other mental health professionals have been involved in the juvenile courts since their inception a little over 100 years ago, and some commentators have offered that forensic psychology can trace its roots to psychologists’ involvement in juvenile matters (Otto & Heilbrun, 2002). In this chapter, after providing an overview of the juvenile justice system and its history, we review a number of clinical issues critical to understanding adolescents and their involvement in the juvenile justice system, and we finish with a discussion of the law and clinical factors surrounding evaluation in this context.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Evaluation of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, in I. Weiner & R. K. Otto, Handbook of Forensic Psychology, Wiley, p. 871-893
Scholar Commons Citation
Borum, Randy and Otto, Randy, "Evaluation of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System" (2004). Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications. 394.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/394
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