Evaluation of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

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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.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalHandbook of Forensic Psychology
StatePublished - Jan 1 2004

Disciplines

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

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