The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended

Promising, evidence-based practices in prevention and intervention work with adolescents involved with the youth justice system With scholarly discussions of theory, policy, and research defining the field, What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended delivers the latest evidence-based practices in prevention and intervention work with adolescents involved with the youth justice system. This book explicitly addresses the evidence bases for best practices in applied work and covers influential jurisprudence, policies, and programs implemented across geographical jurisdictions. The book is divided into four sections. The first section covers clinical presentations and disorders, such as substance use, ADHD, intellectual disabilities, autism, PTSD, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The second section covers distinct groups including adolescent girls, gangs, sexual offenders, and firesetters, along with general race, ethnicity, and cultural considerations. The third section covers the nature of interventions, with information on family therapy approaches, dialectical behavior therapy, and cognitive-behavioral interventions. The last section covers broad considerations and approaches in the field. With contributions from internationally renowned authorities in the field, What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended includes discussion on: Key conceptual issues, methodological approaches and innovations, diversity of contributions on aetiology, and lifespan perspectives Major contributions from major theoretical models, neuroscience, and research in developmental criminology Ethical and professional issues in healthcare work with youth-justice involved youth Critical reviews of the extant literatures and future directions in the field Priorities for research, policy, and practice based on lessons learned throughout the text The expansive selection of contents and organization of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended makes the work valuable to a broad readership, including researchers and academics, practitioners, and legal scholars and policy makers.

List of Contributors xi Biographical Statements xv Section 1 Clinical Presentations and Disorders 1 1 Mental Health Needs in Adolescents Who Have Offended: Implications for What Works 3 Sarah Cusworth Walker, Asia S. Bishop, and Kathryn A. Cunningham 2 Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior 27 Lourah M. Kelly, Kristyn Zajac, Tess K. Drazdowski, Ashli J. Sheidow, Michael R. McCart, and Phillippe B. Cunningham 3 Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Psychopathic Traits, and Youth Crime: What Works 41 Eva R. Kimonis and Bryan Neo 4 Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Youth Crime: What Works 61 Steffen Barra, Daniel Turner, and Wolfgang Retz 5 Intellectual Disabilities and Youth Crime: What Works 75 Clare L. Melvin 6 Evidence- and Experientially- Based Interventions in Justice- Involved Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) 95 Natalie Novick Brown, Karen Steele, Dan Dubovsky, Richard A. Adler, and Paul D. Connor 7 Justice-Involved Youth with Autism and the Search for Best Practices: Scholarly Consensus, Practitioner Awareness, and Emerging Applications of Existing Paradigms for Those on the Spectrum 119 Laurie A. Drapela 8 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Trauma- Related Disorders Among Youth Involved in Juvenile Justice: What Works 133 Julian D. Ford, Patricia K. Kerig, and Keith R. Cruise 9 The Implications of Neuroscience for What Works with Justice- Involved Youth 151 Jessica L. Garcia and Elena L. Grigorenko Section 2 Distinct Groups 171 10 Adolescent Girls and Crime: What Works 173 Claire Fitzpatrick 11 Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Considerations with Justice- Involved Youth: Implications for What Works 183 Eyitayo Onifade and Kwanele Shishane 12 What Works for Youth Involved in Both the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems 199 Karen M. Kolivoski and Sherri Y. Simmons- Horton 13 What Works with Gangs and Preventing Gang Crimes 211 James C. Howell, Celeste Wojtalewicz, and Jay Franklin 14 What Works: Assessment and Treatment with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended 223 James R. Worling and Calvin M. Langton 15 Firesetting Behavior in Children and Adolescents: What Works to Extinguish It? 243 Ian Lambie and Kahn Tasker Section 3 Nature of Interventions 259 16 Prevention of Youth Crime and Delinquency: What Works 261 Abigail A. Fagan 17 Restorative Justice with Adolescents Who Have Offended: What Works 275 Yvon Dandurand and Megan Capp 18 Family Therapy Approaches with Adolescents Who Have Offended: What Works 289 Phillipa Evans and Chris Trotter 19 Cognitive- Behavioral Interventions with Adolescents Who Have Offended: What Works 303 Eva L. Feindler and Stefanie M. Iwanciw 20 The Use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Juvenile Justice Settings 319 Michele Galietta, Emma Singer Covey, and Aidan Collins 21 Risk Reduction Models, Strengths- based Approaches, and Some Questions Raised in Positive Psychology for Interventions with Justice- involved Individuals 335 Calvin M. Langton, Daniel Pillersdorf, Meredith Awrey, Maryam Salih, and James R. Worling Section 4 Broad Considerations and Approaches 375 22 Ethical and Professional Issues in Applied Work with Adolescents Who Have Offended 377 Sara A. Hofmann 23 What Meta- analyses Tell Us About What Works for Adolescents Who Have Offended 391 Laceé N. Pappas 24 “Whole Youth Approach” to Juvenile Justice Transformation: Integrating Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Race 403 Aisha Canfield, Angela Irvine-Baker, and Carolyn Reyes 25 A Quiet Revolution: What Worked to Create a “Whole- Systems Approach” to Juvenile Justice in Scotland 415 Lesley McAra and Susan McVie 26 Does the Law Work in Youth Justice? The Role of Law for a “What Works” Approach, With Belgium- Flanders as a Case Study 433 Johan Put, Stefaan Pleysier, and Katrijn Veeckmans 27 Priorities for Research, Policy, and Practice with Adolescents Who Have Offended: Lessons Learned and Goals for Implementation 449 Kirk Heilbrun, Amanda NeMoyer, David DeMatteo, Naomi E. Goldstein, Heidi Zapotocky, Kellie Wiltsie, Chelsea Jackson, Hailey Fasone, Lea Parker, Tierney Huppert, Nivedita Anjaria, Lena DeYoung, and Rena Kreimer Index 463