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Riggs Romaine, Christina L.; Goldstein, Naomi E. Sevin; Hunt, Elizabeth; DeMatteo, David – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2011
The legal files of 144 juveniles charged as adults in one Pennsylvania county were reviewed to investigate whether trauma-related information was included in evaluations of amenability to treatment and how that information related to legal decisions to keep youth in criminal court or decertify them to the juvenile system. Potentially traumatic…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Criminals, Mental Health, Court Litigation