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The APA Handbook of Psychology and Juvenile Justice consolidates and advances knowledge about the legal, scientific, and applied foundations of the juvenile justice system.
In addition to an overview of the area, it contains chapters in the following sections:
The APA Handbook of Psychology and Juvenile Justice consolidates and advances knowledge about the legal, scientific, and applied foundations of the juvenile justice system.
In addition to an overview of the area, it contains chapters in the following sections:
Editorial Board
About the Editor-in-Chief
Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction
I. Overview
II. Law
III. Human Development
IV. Patterns of Offending
V. Risk Factors for Offending
VI. Forensic Assessment
VII. Interventions and Costs
VIII. Training and Ethics
Index
Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, is a professor and interim head of the
department of psychology at Drexel University, and codirector of
the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence. He
received his doctorate in clinical psychology in 1980 from the
University of Texas at Austin and completed postdoctoral fellowship
training from 1981 to 1982 in psychology and criminal justice at
Florida State University. His current research focuses on juvenile
and adult offenders, legal decision-making, forensic evaluation
associated with such decision-making, and diversion.
Dr. Heilbrun is the author of numerous articles on forensic
assessment, violence risk assessment and risk communication, and
the treatment of offenders with mental disorders, and he has
published 10 books (Principles of Forensic Mental Health
Assessment, 2001; Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook,
with Geoffrey R. Marczyk and David DeMatteo, 2002; Forensic Mental
Health Assessment: A Casebook, Second Edition, with David DeMatteo,
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke, 2014; Juvenile
Delinquency: Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention, with Naomi
E. Sevin Goldstein and Richard E. Redding, 2005; Wrightsman's
Psychology and the Legal System, Sixth Edition, with Edie Greene,
William H. Fortune, and Michael T. Nietzel, 2006; Wrightsman's
Psychology and the Legal System, Seventh Edition, with Edie Greene,
2010; Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System, Eighth Edition,
with Edie Greene, 2013; Foundations of Forensic Mental Health
Assessment, with Thomas Grisso and Alan Goldstein, 2009; Evaluating
the Risk of Violence in Adults, 2009; and The Sequential Intercept
Model and Criminal Justice: Promoting Community Alternatives for
Individuals With Severe Mental Illness, with Patricia A. Griffin,
Edward P. Mulvey, David DeMatteo, and Carol A. Schubert, 2015).
His practice interests also center on forensic assessment, and he
directs a clinic in this area in the department of psychology at
Drexel University. He is board certified in clinical psychology and
in forensic psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology)
and has previously served as president of both APA Division 41
(American Psychology-Law Society), and the American Board of
Forensic Psychology.
Dr. Heilbrun received the 2004 Distinguished Contributions to
Forensic Psychology Award and the 2008 Beth Clark Distinguished
Service Contribution Award from the American Academy of Forensic
Psychology.
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