GUIDE TO JUVENILE COMPETENCY EVALUATION Service Delivery
In 2017, the National Youth Screening and Assessment Partners (NYSAP), on subcontract from the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice with funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, released a guide for policymakers and mental health administrators who are developing service delivery systems to provide juvenile court-ordered evaluations of competence to stand trial.
Authored by Ivan Kruh, Ph.D. and Thomas Grisso, Ph.D., the guide is divided into three Modules. The three Modules examine 1. Developing the organizational structure and procedures through which evaluations are conducted; 2. Creating standards that should be met by evaluators conducting evaluations within the system, and 3. Ensuring that evaluation standards are met through the development of quality control processes. Within each Module, the authors identify the major issues that should be considered, present options for addressing these issues, and, when appropriate, offer pertinent recommendations.
Professionals tasked with administering a juvenile competence to stand trial evaluation service delivery system will have the process broken down in helpful ways. Judges, attorneys, and mental health professionals who interface with or operate within such systems can also use the guide to learn more about important systems issues that arise with providing these evaluations. The guide is especially helpful for jurisdictions that have recently enacted new juvenile competence to stand trial legislation and are tasked with building a system to meet the demands of that legislation, but jurisdictions seeking to improve existing service delivery also will benefit from the discussions and the guidance offered.
The complete guide is available online here.
Authored by Ivan Kruh, Ph.D. and Thomas Grisso, Ph.D., the guide is divided into three Modules. The three Modules examine 1. Developing the organizational structure and procedures through which evaluations are conducted; 2. Creating standards that should be met by evaluators conducting evaluations within the system, and 3. Ensuring that evaluation standards are met through the development of quality control processes. Within each Module, the authors identify the major issues that should be considered, present options for addressing these issues, and, when appropriate, offer pertinent recommendations.
Professionals tasked with administering a juvenile competence to stand trial evaluation service delivery system will have the process broken down in helpful ways. Judges, attorneys, and mental health professionals who interface with or operate within such systems can also use the guide to learn more about important systems issues that arise with providing these evaluations. The guide is especially helpful for jurisdictions that have recently enacted new juvenile competence to stand trial legislation and are tasked with building a system to meet the demands of that legislation, but jurisdictions seeking to improve existing service delivery also will benefit from the discussions and the guidance offered.
The complete guide is available online here.
