Juvenile delinquency and mental health

dc.contributor.author	Μανιαδάκη, Κατερίνα	el
dc.contributor.author	Κάκουρος, Ευθύμιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Καραμπά, Ράνια	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-17T14:49:26Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/8486
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.novapublishers.com	en
dc.subject	Mental health
dc.subject	Adolescent psychopathology
dc.subject	Ψυχική υγεία
dc.subject	Νεανική ψυχοπαθολογία
dc.title	Juvenile delinquency and mental health	en
heal.type	bookChapter
heal.classification	Psychology
heal.classification	Juvenile delinquency
heal.classification	Ψυχολογία
heal.classification	Εφηβική παραβατικότητα
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ψυχολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Εφηβική παραβατικότητα
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heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000971
heal.identifier.secondary	978-1-60741-713-2
heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
heal.access	forever
heal.publicationDate	2009
heal.bibliographicCitation	Maniadaki, K., Kakouros, E. & Karaba, R. (2009). Juvenile delinquency and mental health. In: Kakanowski, A. & Narusevich, M. (Eds). Handbook of Social Justice (pp.1-44). New York: Nova Science Publishers	en
heal.abstract	In today’s world of rapidly-rising crime, we are compelled to expand our knowledge about crime through an increased understanding of its beginnings in juvenile delinquency. The decade of 1990 saw more youth transferred to criminal court, longer sentences, and lower minimum ages at which juveniles could be prosecuted in the criminal justice system as if they were adults. This increase in juvenile delinquent acts has been accompanied by large increases in both the rate of juvenile drug use and the rate of admission to residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children. These temporally correlated phenomena raise important questions about their possible interrelationship and subsequent effect on the nature of today’s juvenile delinquent. As awareness of the high prevalence of mental health problems among juvenile offenders has grown, researchers and practitioners have recognized the need for reliable and efficient methods of assessing such problems among large numbers of offenders to ensure that limited treatment resources are applied to those with the greatest need. The primary aim of this chapter is to present an overview of studies throughout the world determining the prevalence and types of mental health disorders among youth in the juvenile system in order to gain some understanding of the extent of psychological maladjustment in this population. Secondary aims of this chapter are the following: a) to discuss the presence of mental disorder as both an etiological mechanism leading to crime and as a result of incarceration in juveniles, b) to identify the effects of the existence of high rates of mental health problems in juvenile delinquents on themselves and the society in general, c) to propose assessment procedures for the early identification and management of these problems, and d) to discuss the need for the development and implementation of a continuum of services (including mental health, juvenile justice, education and others) to efficiently serve the needs of these youths and to prevent recidivism.	en
heal.publisher	Nova Science Publishers	en
heal.fullTextAvailability	false
heal.bookName	Handbook of Social Justice	en