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Assessing and Treating Youth Offenders

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This chapter discusses different aspects of the systems responsible for the management of youth crime. Aspects of juvenile justice systems were identified as were the major courses of action available within those systems. These courses of action included rehabilitative and punitive correctional actions. The various courses of action were evaluated in terms of the Risk-Need-Responsivity model which proposes a set of evidence-based Principles of Best Practice. These are presented as useful in guiding interventions with these juvenile offenders. Continuing research may require modification of these principles, but at present, they represent the best guides we have for addressing the problem of youth crime.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Robert D. Hoge

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    Marguerite Ternes

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    Philip R. Magaletta

  3. Psychology Department, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Marc W. Patry

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Hoge, R.D. (2018). Assessing and Treating Youth Offenders. In: Ternes, M., Magaletta, P., Patry, M. (eds) The Practice of Correctional Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00452-1_6

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