Evaluating Juveniles’ Adjudicative Competence: A Guide for Clinical Practice (2005)
Description
Due to recent changes in the law pertaining to youths in juvenile and criminal court, the need to evaluate a young persons competence to stand trial has increased dramatically. This is the first comprehensive guide offering clinicians the special concepts, procedures, and methods necessary to perform these evaluations using a developmental perspective. The book's approach to evaluating youths' competence to stand trial is consistent with nearly a decade of research by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.
Written in 17 brief units, this guide for forensic clinicians begins with essential concepts that provide a sound legal and developmental psychological foundation for these evaluations. The guide then proceeds to describe in detail special considerations for designing the evaluation, collecting data in ways that are sensitive to deficits in youths abilities due to clinical disorders and potential developmental immaturity, and interpreting the results to address the special challenges associated with identifying juveniles capacities and deficits as trial defendants. The guide's Appendices provides a number of original forms and checklists for use in this evaluation process, including a structured interview - the Juvenile Adjudicative Competence Interview (JACI) - that assists clinicians in obtaining essential data related to youths strengths and deficits with legal and developmental relevance for their competence to stand trial. Book includes a link for purchasers to download reproducible materials for use with individual clients.
CE Program
A supplemental 3-credit/hour, 30-question continuing education program is available for this book. To order the complete program (this book and CE test module or test module alone if you already have access to this book), go to: Evaluating Juveniles' Adjudicative Competence - CE Program (3 Credits/Hours)
