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The nature of adolescence / Mike and Mary Shooter -- Origins of offending in young people / Barbara Maughan -- Psychosocial resilience, psychosocial care and forensic mental health care / Richard Williams and Verity Kemp -- Assessment of young offenders : mental health, physical and social needs / Prathiba Chitsabean and Lorraine Khan -- Risk assessment and management approaches with adolescent offenders / James Millington and Charlotte Lennox -- The influence of neurodevelopmental impairment on youth crime / Natahn Hughes, Huw Williams, and Prathiba Chitsabesan -- Serious offences : origins and nature of indivdiual violence / Charlotte Lennox and Rajan Nathan -- Childhood predictors of homicide offenders and victims and their implications for interventions / Lia Ahonen, David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, Rebecca Stallings, and Dustin Pardini -- Group violence and youth gangs / Heather Law, Lorraine Khan, and Sally Zlotowitz -- Sexually harmful behaviour in young people / Kenny Ross, Maeve Musrphy, and Simon Hackett -- Depression, self-harm, and suicidal behaviour in young offenders / Gemma Trainor, Justine Rothwell, and Heidi Hales -- Post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and complex trauma in young people at risk of entering the criminal justice system / Sheeta Raja and Andrew Rogers -- Young people with schizophrenia in forensic settings / Enys Delmage -- Substance misuse in young people with antisocial behaviour / Louise Theodosiou and Sam Cox -- Attention defecit hyperactivity disorder and antisocial behaviour / Susan Young, Ben Greer, and Oliver White -- Autistic spectrum disorders in young people in the criminal justice system / Ernest Gralton and Gillian Baird -- Youth psychopathy / Lorraine Johnstone -- Early interventions in conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder / Stephan Scott, Leena K. Augimeri, and Justine Fifield -- Cognitive, behavioural, and related approaches in young offenders / Paul Mitchell and Charlie Staniforth -- Systemic treatment approaches in young people with risky behaviour / Simone Fox and Helen Jones -- Sounding the picture-drawing out the sound : music therapy and art therapy with young people who have committed serious criminal offences / Lynn Aulich and Joanna Holroyd -- Children and the law / Enys Delmage, Hannelle Variend, and Mike Shaw -- Youth justice services in England and Wales / Paul Tarbuck -- Working with young people in a secure enviroment / Jim Rose, Pam Hibbert, and Paul Mitchell -- Epilogue / Maggie Atkinson.

Written for practitioners and policymakers, this book will help professionals across health, education, social care and juvenile justice services to understand the needs of young offenders and adolescents at risk of entering the criminal justice system. Developmental in approach, the textbook provides a comprehensive overview of forensic child and adolescent mental health, using cases to help clinicians link theoretical principles to practice and understand how mental health and neurodevelopmental impairment can relate to offending behaviour. With an emphasis on preventive initiatives, early intervention and the building of psycho-social resilience through the delivery of values based practice, this book highlights the need for comprehensive assessment for young people across multiple domains of their lives. This book is of interest to all clinicians working within mental health teams, practitioners working with children and adolescents, professionals involved with youth justice and medico-legal issues, and politicians responsible for establishing health and social policy.