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View article: Mental Health Problems in Girls Who Committed Sexual Offenses: Similarities and Differences Compared to Girls With Non-sex Offenses and Boys With Sex Offenses
Mental Health Problems in Girls Who Committed Sexual Offenses: Similarities and Differences Compared to Girls With Non-sex Offenses and Boys With Sex Offenses Open
Female juvenile offenders have only recently shifted into the focus of research. Moreover, a specific subgroup, female juveniles who sexually offended (JSO) are greatly overlooked. Therefore, there is a dearth of knowledge regarding the ch…
View article: Regional Differences and Race Effects in Mental Health Symptoms Among Juvenile Offenders
Regional Differences and Race Effects in Mental Health Symptoms Among Juvenile Offenders Open
Regional differences in the reporting of mental health symptoms among juvenile justice (JJ) involved youth were examined using data from the 70,423 youths in the MAYSI-2 national norm study (Vincent et al., 2008). The percentage of youth s…
View article: Impact of MAYSI-2 Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Detention
Impact of MAYSI-2 Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Detention Open
This poster reports on factors that influenced the rapid adoption and implementation of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-version 2 (MAYSI-2) and the perceived consequences of routine MAYSI-2 mental health screening. Semi-struct…
View article: Gender and Race Differences in Juvenile Mental Health Symptoms: MAYSI-2 National Norm Study
Gender and Race Differences in Juvenile Mental Health Symptoms: MAYSI-2 National Norm Study Open
Presents a study regarding gender and race differences in juvenile mental health symptoms, using the MAYSI-2 National Norm Study.
View article: Keynote Speaker Presentations: 5th Annual UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Research Retreat (video)
Keynote Speaker Presentations: 5th Annual UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Research Retreat (video) Open
This video features the full keynote presentations from the 5th Annual UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in Worcester, MA, on May 20, 2014. Beginni…
View article: The Classification of Violence Risk
The Classification of Violence Risk Open
(Reprinted with permission from Behav. Sci. Law 24: 721-730, 2006).
View article: Juveniles’ Competence to Stand Trial: A Comparison of Adolescents’ and Adults’ Capacities as Trial Defendants
Juveniles’ Competence to Stand Trial: A Comparison of Adolescents’ and Adults’ Capacities as Trial Defendants Open
Abilities associated with adjudicative competence were assessed among 927 adolescents in juvenile detention facilities and community settings. Adolescents' abilities were compared to those of 466 young adults in jails and in the community.…
View article: The relation between mental health problems and future violence among detained male juveniles
The relation between mental health problems and future violence among detained male juveniles Open
Background Detention personnel may assume that mental health problems heighten the likelihood of future violence in detained youth. This study explored whether brief mental health screening tools are of value for alerting staff to a detain…
View article: Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls: Results of a randomized controlled trial.
Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Open
This study examined the efficacy of the Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls, an anger management and aggression reduction treatment designed to meet the unique needs of adolescent girls in residential juvenile just…
View article: Childhood traumatic experiences and mental health problems in sexually offending and non-sexually offending juveniles
Childhood traumatic experiences and mental health problems in sexually offending and non-sexually offending juveniles Open
Our results suggest that the relationship between childhood abuse and both internalizing and externalizing mental health problems is of more salience for understanding sexual offending than non-sexual offending, and should, therefore, be a…
View article: Juvenile Sentencing Reform in a Constitutional Framework
Juvenile Sentencing Reform in a Constitutional Framework Open
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime regulation. In three strongly worded opinions, the Court held that imposing harsh criminal sentences on juvenile offenders violates the Ei…