Contents

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.