Children Who Murder : A Psychological Perspective.

Cover -- CHILDREN WHO MURDER -- Contents -- Foreword -- HISTORY -- THE CASE AT HAND, NATHANIEL ABRAHAM -- THE SECOND OPTION, SENTENCE AS A JUVENILE -- THE THIRD OPTION, A BLENDED SENTENCE -- IN CONCLUSION -- THE SENTENCE THEREFORE IS AS FOLLOWS -- THESE REMARKS I ADDRESS TO YOU, NATHANIEL ABRAHAM -- Introduction -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I The Research -- Chapter 1 Who Are They? -- RECENT TRENDS IN PRETEEN HOMICIDE -- METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- NOTE -- Chapter 2 What Are They Like? -- CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND TYPOLOGIES -- CLASSIFICATION EFFORTS BASED ON PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTS -- CLASSIFICATION EFFORTS BASED ON SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFENSE -- CLASSIFICATION EFFORTS BASED ON THE VICTIM-OFFENDER RELATIONSHIP -- Chapter 3 Who Will Kill? -- INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL GLOBAL PREDICTORS -- INDIVIDUAL COGNITIVE GLOBAL PREDICTORS -- INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES THAT PREDICT HOMICIDAL BEHAVIOR -- FAMILIAL GLOBAL PREDICTORS -- CASE-STUDY COMPARISON OF GLOBAL PREDICTORS -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONTEXTUAL GLOBAL PREDICTORS -- PREDICTORS ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC TYPE OF OFFENSE -- Chapter 4 By What Means Are They Dealt? -- JUDICIAL WAIVER -- CHANGES IN DISPOSITION OF VIOLENT JUVENILES -- COMPETENCE ISSUES -- Competency in the Juvenile System -- RISK TO OTHERS -- CHANGES IN INITIAL CONTACTS WITH JUVENILE SUSPECTS -- SUMMARY -- PART II Developmental Issues -- Chapter 5 Moral Development -- A DEFINITION OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT -- THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO MORAL DEVELOPMENT -- Cognitive Developmental Approaches -- Piaget -- Kohlberg's Approach -- The Psychoanalytic Approach -- Behavioral Approaches -- Eisenberg and Murphy's Attributional Approach -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 6 The Changing Family -- POPULATION CHANGES -- THE IMPACT OF THE MEDIA ON THE FAMILY -- SPORT AND THE FAMILY -- VIDEO GAMES -- POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM CHANGE.

THE EXTENDED FAMILY -- LOSS OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY -- MOBILITY -- THE CHURCH AND THE FAMILY -- PARENTING -- SUMMARY -- PART III Assessment and Interventions -- Chapter 7 Assessment -- ASSESSING COMPETENCE -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- PREPARATION FOR THE INTERVIEW -- THE INTERVIEW -- INTELLECTUAL ASSESSMENT -- PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT -- Objective Measures -- Projective Measures -- Projective Drawings -- Questions of Fantasy and Imagination -- Rorschach Test -- Picture Story Projective Tests -- ASSESSING MORAL DEVELOPMENT -- Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents -- The Social Reflection Measure-Short Form (SRM-SF) -- PHARMACOLOGICAL FACTORS IN ASSESSMENT -- Illegal Substances -- ADHD AND ASSESSMENT -- NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT -- OTHER DIAGNOSES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 8 Treatment and Rehabilitation -- INTRODUCTION -- TREATMENT -- GOALS OF TREATMENT -- Impulse Control -- Moral Development-New Values -- INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY -- PLAY THERAPY -- FAMILY THERAPY -- Additional Considerations -- SUMMARY -- GROUP THERAPY -- TREATMENT OF CONDUCT DISORDER -- Parent Management Training -- Family Therapies -- TREATMENT OF ADHD -- PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIORS -- SUMMARY OF TREATMENT ISSUES -- REHABILITATION -- Guidance -- Chapter 9 Prevention -- ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS -- COGNITIVE FACTORS -- VIOLENT BEHAVIOR -- ADVERSE FAMILIAL FACTORS -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- The School -- Changes in the Neighborhood and Community -- MEDIA INFLUENCES -- CONCLUSIONS -- Summary and Conclusions -- THE INTERVENTIONS -- MORAL DEVELOPMENT -- TREATMENT -- PREVENTION -- REHABILITATION -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

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