List of contributors; Preface; 1. The nature of adolescence Mary Shooter and Mike Shooter; 2. Origins of adolescent offending Barbara Maughan; 3. Psychosocial resilience, psychosocial care and forensic mental healthcare Verity Kemp and Richard Williams; 4. Assessment of young offenders: mental health, physical, educational and social needs Prathiba Chitsabesan and Lorraine Khan; 5. Risk assessment and management with adolescents Charlotte Lennox and James Millington; 6. The influence of neurodevelopmental impairment on youth crime Prathiba Chitsabesan, Nathan Hughes and Hugh Williams; 7. Serious offences - origins and nature of individual violence Charlotte Lennox and Rajan Nathan; 8. Childhood predictors of young homicide offenders and victims and their implications for interventions Lia Ahonen, David Farrington, Rolf Loeber, Dustin Pardini and Rebecca Stallings; 9. Group violence and youth gangs Lorraine Khan, Heather Law and Sally Zlotowitz; 10. Young people with harmful sexual behaviours Simon Hackett, Maeve Murphy and Kenny Ross; 11. Depression and self-harm and suicidal behaviour in young offenders Heidi Hales, Justine Rothwell and Gemma Trainor; 12. Post-traumatic stress disorder and complex trauma in young people at risk of entering the criminal justice system Shreeta Raja and Andrew Rogers; 13. Young people with schizophrenia in forensic settings Enys Delmage; 14. Substance misuse in young people with antisocial behaviour Sam Cox and Louise Theodosiou; 15. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and antisocial behaviour Ben Greer, Oliver White and Susan Young; 16. Autistic spectrum disorders in young people in the criminal justice system Gillian Baird and Ernest Gralton; 17. Youth psychopathy Elaine Johnstone; 18. Treatment and management: early interventions in conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder Justine Ifield, Stephen Scott and Leena K. Augimeri; 19. Cognitive, behavioural and related approaches in young offenders Paul Mitchell and Charlotte Staniforth; 20. Systemic treatment approaches in young people with risky behaviours Simone Fox and Helen Jones; 21. Sounding the picture - drawing out the sound: music therapy and art therapy with young people who have committed serious criminal offences Lynn Aulich and Joanna Holroyd; 22. Children and the law Enys Delmage, Mike Shaw and Hannele Variend; 23. Youth justice services in England and Wales Paul Tarbuck; 24. Working with young people in a secure environment Pam Hibbert, Paul Mitchell and Jim Rose; Index.