Course Description
*This complete Online Course includes a PDF of the book, Forensic Evaluations of Juveniles (Second Edition), and the Final Exam. If you have access to the book and want to purchase the Final Exam only, click here.
This program acquaints you with the necessary information and procedures for conducting evaluations of juveniles for the courts. The author, Thomas Grisso, is widely recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the juvenile justice system.
14 CE credits/hours, 140 questions
Target Audience
Psychologists | School Psychologists | Marriage & Family Therapists | Mental Health Counselors | Social Workers
Learning Level
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how to prepare for evaluations in delinquency cases.
- Explain juveniles’ waiver of Miranda rights.
- Describe the legal, theoretical, and contextual background for juveniles’ competence to stand trial evaluations.
- Summarize the assessment of juveniles’ risk of harm to others.
- Discuss how to present rehabilitation evaluations of juveniles.
- Explain evaluations for juveniles’ waiver to criminal court.
- Discuss professional and ethical forensic practice in juvenile cases.

Thomas Grisso, PhD, ABPP
Course curriculum
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1
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Statement of Understanding (downloadable/printable)
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2
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PDF book (downloadable/printable)
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3
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"Forensic Evaluation of Juveniles (2nd ed.)" - Final Exam Questions (downloadable/printable)
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Final Exam
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4
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Evaluation Questionnaire
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