Double Jeopardy
Subtitle: Adolescent Offenders with Mental Disorders (Adolescent Development and Legal Policy)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: June 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780226309293
Subjects: Criminal law; Juvenile offenders; Social Science; Sociology; Children's Studies; Criminology; Mental Illness; Social Science / Criminology; Juvenile delinquents; Mental health; Mental health services; Rehabilitation; United States
First sentence: Many agencies and advocates recently have urged that greater attention be given to the mental health needs of youths in the juvenile justice system (e.g., after an early warning by Cocozza, 1992: American Bar Association, 2001; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2000; National Mental Health Association, 2000; U.S. Surgeon General, 1999).