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Foundations of Evaluations
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Foundations of Evaluations

Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Christopher King and Sarah Filone
Evaluating Juvenile Transfer and Disposition, pp 69-89
2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315661445-3

Abstract

Forensic Mental Health Treatment Amenability American Medical Association Forensic Mental Health Practitioners American Psychiatric Association Juvenile System Specialty Guidelines Juvenile Contexts Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Assess Violence Risk Adolescent Development Juvenile Risk Assessment Juvenile Evaluations Ultimate Legal Question Forensic Mental Health Professionals American Psychological Association FMHA Therapeutic Evaluation Developmental Maturity Legal Decision Maker Mental Health Evaluation Behavioral Health Juvenile Disposition Adolescent’s Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Potential
This chapter addresses the nature of forensic mental health assessment (FMHA), and the underlying models associated with it. The evaluation of juveniles in a legal context, for the purpose of either transfer or disposition, is a form of mental health evaluation for the courts that is similar in important respects to the evaluation of other individuals involved in different kinds of criminal and civil litigation. The chapter shows how this kind of juvenile FMHA is consistent with other kinds of forensic mental health assessment, but also addresses some distinctive aspects of transfer and disposition evaluations. FMHA, which provides mental health evaluation in legal contexts, encompasses a wide variety of legal questions. In Grisso's original Evaluating Competencies (1986), detailed attention was paid to describing a model for FMHA. Models applicable to many kinds of forensic evaluation can be useful in their breadth and overview. The findings of scientific research are an essential resource for any FMHA practitioner.

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