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November 2013
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International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
This study examined (1) the information present in juvenile court records in Belgium (Flanders) and (2) whether there are differences in information between records that mention a mental disorder and those that do not. The file study sample included 107 court records, and we used a Pearson's chi-square test and a t-test to analyze the information within those records. Information in juvenile court records varied considerably. This variability was evident when we compared juvenile court records with and without mention of a mental disorder. Significantly more information about school-related problems, the functioning of the minor, and the occurrence of domestic violence was included in records that mentioned a mental disorder compared with records that did not. The content of the juvenile court records varied, particularly with regard to the mental health status of the minor in question. We suggest guidelines to standardize the information contained in juvenile court records.
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... The juvenile judges particularly experienced this pressure when they were confronted with what they considered to be minors with mental disorders. According to previous research, minors with mental disorders often have an unstable trajectory at the juvenile court, because institutions that are not obliged to admit them often refuse to do so (Merlevede, 2014). ...
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January 2014
... In Belgium, as in other Western countries (Grisso, 2007;Lederman & Osofsky, 2008), minors with mental disorders in contact with the juvenile court have recently received more attention from the court's practice and policy workers (Merlevede, Vander Laenen, & Cappon, 2014;Vander Laenen, Merlevede, Van Audenhove, & Cappon, 2011), following reform of the Youth Protection Act of 1965 in 2006. The reform provided juvenile judges with the ability to apply specific mental health-related measures to minors with mental disorders who are in contact with the juvenile court (Rom, 2007). ...
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... In Belgium, as in other Western countries (Grisso, 2007;Lederman & Osofsky, 2008), minors with mental disorders in contact with the juvenile court have recently received more attention from the court's practice and policy workers (Merlevede, Vander Laenen, & Cappon, 2014;Vander Laenen, Merlevede, Van Audenhove, & Cappon, 2011), following reform of the Youth Protection Act of 1965 in 2006. The reform provided juvenile judges with the ability to apply specific mental health-related measures to minors with mental disorders who are in contact with the juvenile court (Rom, 2007). ...
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November 2013
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry