The Aggressive Adolescent: Clinical and Forensic Issues (Paperback)

Contents Acknowledgments Clinical Prologue The Parable of Nasrudin Introduction Chapter 1. The Problem of Violence in our Society The Problem of Juvenile Violence The Misperception of the Decline in Juvenile Crime Chapter 2. The Problem of Violence in Mental Health Treatment The Violent Adult Psychiatric Patient The Increasing Severity of Emotional Problems of Violent Youth in Corrections Violence in Treatment Settings A New Paradigm for Treatment of Violent Youth Chapter 3. Developmental Sequences Utilizing a Cognitive-Behavioral Expressive Model General Concepts of Development Chapter 4. Pathways of Violent Youth The Developmental Pathway Model Chapter 5. General Principles of Cognitive Development Cognitive Characteristics of Violent Youth Cognitive Processes of Aggressive Youth Chapter 6. Affective Development Affective Responses Biological Factors Chapter 7. Clinical Characteristics of Violent Youth Psychological Testing and Psychiatric Diagnosis Risk Factors Clinical Aggression Risk Variables Dangerousness Index Chapter 8. The Homicidal Adolescent: Hearts Darkened Before Their Time Research Review of Characteristics of Juvenile Murders Typologies The Psychotic Adolescent Murderer The Criminal Adolescent Murderer Interpersonal Conflict Chapter 9. General Principles in the Treatment of Violent Youth Cognitive Interventions Affective Interventions Behavioral Coping Skills Environmental Interventions Pitfalls and Clinical Provocation of Violence The Discharge of the Violent Youth Chapter 10. The Clinical Experience of the Unwilling Youth The Four Types of Mental Health Problems The Trust-Control Dichotomy The Problem of the Mental Health Cure-All Techniques of Intervention with Unwilling Youth The Therapist's Expectations Chapter 11. Forensic Psychological Aspects of Care Some Important Considerations The Criminalization of Juvenile Justice: The Increasing Role of Forensic Practice in Juvenile Courts Waiver/Bind Over of Juveniles to Adult Courts Competency to Stand Trial Victim Trauma and the Witness Disclosure Process in Child Abuse Eyewitness Testimony and Victim Recall Criminal Responsibility and Juvenile Courts Malingering Chapter 12. Malpractice: Regarding Each Other Testily Worrying About Litigation Malpractice Defined Confidentiality Duty to Warn Post Tarasoff Legislative Responses Useful Stuff and an Afterword: How to Find a Good Mechanic Methods of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Helping the Helper Reference Notes Bibliography Index