Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Research, and Interventions

* About the Contributors * Foreword: Pathways from Childhood Trauma to Adolescent Violence and Delinquency * Introduction * Section One: Theory and Research * The Role of Trauma in Conduct Disorder * Traumatic Victimization in Childhood and Persistent Problems with Oppositional-Defiance * Assessment of PTSD and Trauma Exposure in Adolescents * Chaos and Trauma in the Lives of Adolescent Females with Antisocial Behavior and Delinquency * Violence Exposure and PTSD Among Delinquent Girls * An Examination of the Relationships Between Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology, and Delinquent Activity: An "Ecopathological" Model of Delinquent Behavior Among Incarcerated Adolescents * Neurobiological Disturbances in Youth with Childhood Trauma and in Youth with Conduct Disorder * Section Two: Interventions * Preliminary Development of Trauma-Focused Treatment Groups for Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders * Cognitive Processing Therapy for Incarcerated Adolescents with PTSD * A Controlled Study of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Boys with Conduct Problems * Motivation-Adaptive Skills-Trauma Resolution (MASTR) Therapy for Adolescents with Conduct Problems: An Open Trial * Conclusion * Index * Reference Notes Included