Main description:

Growing market that's becoming more demanding and sophisticated

New evidence around working with children is creating a greater need for evidence based information

Integrates information for forensic and clinical professionals in a new way

Contents:

Introduction; PART ONE: Overview; Section I: Overview of Juvenile Justice System; Chapter 1: The Push-Me-Pull-You of Juvenile Justice; Chapter 2: A View from the Bench: Perspectives from a Former Juvenile Court Judge; Section II: Developmental Variables; Chapter 3: Children's Memory for Forensically Relevant Experiences; Chapter 4: Navigating Tricky Waters: Understanding and Supporting Children's Testimony About Experiencing and Witnessing Violence; PART TWO: Assessemnt; Chapter 5: Assessment: Methods, Measures, Protocols, and Report Writing; PART THREE: Case Studies; Chapter 6: Out of Home Care: Depending on the Kindness of Strangers; Chapter 7: Attachment Relationships for Attorneys: Using Expert Testimony to Guide the Courts Determination of Children's Best Interests in Family Court Cases; Chapter 8: Considerations when Working with Central American Immigrant Children in the Legal System; Chapter 9: Adolescent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Civil Arena; Chapter 10: Interviewing Children about Sexual Abuse; Chapter 11: Interpersonal Violence and Children; Chapter 12: Giving Voice to Children in Non-Traditional Families; Chapter 13: Hague Convention Cases; Chapter 14: Resist Refuse Dynamics in Family Law with a Young Child; Chapter 15: A Case of Juvenile Homicide with Complex Issues of Mental Illness and Developmental Disorder; Chapter 16: The Role of Advocates for Children in Dependency Court; Appendices; Bibliography.