Addressing the Needs of Youth With Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System The Current Status of Evidence-based Research

Evaluates the emerging status of key policies & programs that affect children & youth with disabil. who have been overlooked by service & research programs. Children & youth with disabil. have become over-represented in the juvenile justice (JJ) system. Delinquency prevention is a critical feature of any service or support system that is used to address the needs of all youth, esp. youth with disabil. & special educ. needs. Contents: Current Laws & Philosophical Frameworks; Disability, Delinquency, & JJ; Risk & Protective Factors Assoc. with Delinquency; Program & Policy Trends; Promising Practices & Criteria/Measures of Effective.; Implementation of Disabil. Law & Programs; Recommend. for Next StepsÓ; & Conclusion. Charts & tables.Frieden, Lex is the author of 'Addressing the Needs of Youth With Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System The Current Status of Evidence-based Research', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756745271 and ISBN 0756745276.