Mental Illness And The Juvenile Offender

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This 14 page paper considers the link between juvenile offenders and mental illness. The paper assesses the level of the problem, the extent of the link and the types of mental illness noted in juveniles. Using schizophrenia and ADHD as examples the paper demonstrated how and why detection of mental illness and treatment is so important and why this should be adopted as a priory by the criminal justice system. The paper ends by considering the results of testing and treatment where it has been used to reduce re-offending. The bibliography cites 22 sources.