Objective This article expands the review of psychosocial treatments for adolescents with
disruptive behavior (DB), published previously by this journal. That earlier review focused on …

Abstract “Diversion” schemes encouraging children and young people away from offending
have successfully reduced the numbers of young people within the youth justice system …

This multi-level meta-analysis tested if evidence-based trauma treatment was effective in
reducing trauma symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in adolescents. Based on …

Objective This multilevel meta-analysis compared the outcomes of Treatment Foster Care
Oregon for Adolescents (TFCO-A) and home-based treatment programs (HBT) with …

There is vast empirical evidence showing that juvenile delinquency is associated with
delays in moral development, including moral judgment, empathy, and self-conscious …

Background Young people who enter the justice system experience complex health and
social needs, and offending behaviour is increasingly recognised as a public health …

Background Forensic psychiatric patients often suffer from a multitude of severe psychiatric
and social problems. Meanwhile multimodal evidence-based interventions are scarce and …

Background Aggressive conduct among delinquents presents a pervasive issue, bearing
substantial implications for not only society at large but also for the victims and the …

Increasingly more research is showing that stress has an influence on the development and
maintenance of externalizing problem behavior in adolescents. Stress, for example, causes …

When youth commit serious violent or sexual offenses, this often generates a call for more
severe punishments and longer detention sentences. An important question is whether …