| Double Jeopardy: Adolescent Offenders with Mental Disorders Contributor(s): Grisso, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226309290 ISBN-13: 9780226309293 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: In the twenty-first-century world of juvenile justice policy and practice, nearly everyone agrees that one of the most pressing issues facing the nation's juvenile courts is their proper response to delinquent youths with mental disorders. Recent research indicates that about two-thirds of adolescent offenders in juvenile justice facilities meet the criteria for one or more mental disorders. What are the obligations of our juvenile justice system, then, as the caretaker for delinquent youth with such disabilities? How do issues of adolescent development create special challenges in determining the court's proper response to delinquents with special mental health needs? Thomas Grisso considers these questions while offering new information to assist the juvenile justice system in its responses to the needs of our children. "Double Jeopardy" considers the newest data on the nature of youths' mental disorders--their relationships to delinquency, the values and limits of methods to treat them, and the common patterns of adolescent offending. That information is used to chart a rational course for fulfilling the juvenile justice system's duty--as a custodian of children in need of health care, as a legal system promoting fairness in youth adjudication, and as a protector of public safety--to respond to delinquent youths' mental disorders. Moreover, "Double Jeopardy" provides a scientific yet practical foundation for lawmakers, judges, attorneys, and mental health care professionals, as well as researchers who must fill the knowledge gaps that limit the juvenile justice system's abilities to meet youths' mental health needs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Children's Studies - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 364.36 |
| Series: Adolescent Development and Legal Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nearly two-thirds of adolescent offenders currently held in juvenile justice facilities across the United States meet the criteria for one or more mental disorders--a fact that has many parents, healthcare providers, and legislatures wondering about our mental health systems for children. Have these systems failed so badly that we must arrest our children for crimes in order for them to receive help? In Double Jeopardy, leading researcher Thomas Grisso considers the newest data on the nature of mental disorders in youth--examining, for example, their relationship to delinquency, the values and limits of various treatment methods, and common, related patterns of adolescent offending--and then charts a course for practitioners working within today's juvenile justice system. Grisso carefully evaluates the threefold obligations of the juvenile justice system: as a custodian of children with health needs, a legal system promoting fairness in youth adjudication, and protector of public safety. Double Jeopardy provides a scientific and practical foundation for lawmakers, judges, attorneys, and mental health care professionals, as well as researchers in mental health and adolescent development. |