Section: Publications

Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Psychiatry

Representative Publications

Selected Books                                                                   

Grisso, T. (1998).  Forensic evaluation of juveniles.   Sarasota, FL : Professional Resource Press.

Grisso, T. (2003). Evaluating competencies: Forensic assessments and instruments (second edition).  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Grisso, T. (2004). Double jeopardy: Adolescent offenders with mental disorders.  Chicago  : University  of Chicago Press.

Grisso, T., Vincent, G., & Seagrave, D. (eds.)(2005).  Handbook of mental health screening and assessment in juvenile justice.  New York : Guilford Press.

Grisso, T. (2005). Evaluating juveniles’ adjudicative competence: A guide for clinical practice.   Sarasota, FL : Professional Resource Press.

Recent Representative Articles

Vincent, G., Grisso, T., Terry, A., & Banks, S. (2008). Gender and race differences in mental health symptoms in juvenile justice:  The MAYSI-2 national meta-analysis.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 282-290.  

Grisso, T. (2007). Progress and perils in the juvenile justice and mental health movement.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 35, 158-167.

Grisso, T. (2007). Do childhood mental disorders cause adult crime?  American Journal of Psychiatry, 164,   1625-1627.

Grisso, T., & Steinberg, L. (2005). Between a rock and a soft place:  Developmental research and the child advocacy process.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 619-627. 

Grisso, T., & Quinlan, J. (2005). Juvenile court clinical services: A national description.  Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 56, 9-20.

Grisso, T., Steinberg, L., Woolard, J., Cauffman, E., Scott, E., Graham, S., Lexcen, F., Reppucci, N., & Schwartz, R.   (2003).  Juveniles’ competence to stand trial: A comparison of adolescents’ and adults’ capacities as trial defendants.  Law and Human Behavior, 27, 333-363.

additional publications are listed in Tom's Curriculum Vitae

Office: S7-864
Phone: 508-856-3625
Fax: 508-856-6426
E-mail: Thomas.Grisso@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Public Sector Psychiatry, Mental Health and Criminal Justice, Forensic Mental Health Issues, Mental Health Courts, Mental Health Policy

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