Three Opportunities for the Future of Juvenile Forensic Assessment

Legal and social circumstances now offer the field of juvenile forensic assessment several opportunities to expand its identity, influence, and value to society. These opportunities include (a) conceptualizing an assessment domain called evaluations for developmental sentencing, (b) creating develop...

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Autor principal: Grisso, Thomas (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: Criminal justice and behavior
Año: 2019, Volumen: 46, Número: 12, Páginas: 1671-1677
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Assessment
Criminal
Cultural
Development
Ethnic
Forensic
Juvenile
Offenders
Sentencing
Transfer
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Sumario:Legal and social circumstances now offer the field of juvenile forensic assessment several opportunities to expand its identity, influence, and value to society. These opportunities include (a) conceptualizing an assessment domain called evaluations for developmental sentencing, (b) creating developmental forensic evaluations of emerging adults, and (c) adapting juvenile forensic assessments to the nation’s increasing ethnic and cultural diversity. If successfully attempted, these opportunities could transform juvenile forensic assessment’s identity, reimagining itself as developmental forensic assessment applied to offenders in both juvenile and criminal courts.
ISSN:1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854819883671