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- PhD Psychology University of California, Berkeley
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- Family preservation using multisystemic therapy: an effective alternative to incarcerating serious juvenile offenders. (1992) (830)
- Multisystemic therapy with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their families: the role of treatment fidelity in successful dissemination. (1997) (692)
- Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers (1997) (537)
- Family preservation using multisystemic treatment: Long-term follow-up to a clinical trial with serious juvenile offenders (1993) (315)
- Effects of multisystemic therapy on drug use and abuse in serious juvenile offenders: A progress report from two outcome studies. (1991) (218)
- Mandated reporting: a policy without reason. (2005) (205)
- Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research. (1991) (175)
- Children's concepts of their rights 1 (1980) (144)
- Children’s Competence to Consent (1983) (135)
- Treating Children Like People: A Framework for Research and Advocacy (2005) (101)
- Bullying in Schools: Implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention programme in the Southeastern United States (2004) (96)
- Strong Communities for Children: Results of a multi-year community-based initiative to protect children from harm. (2015) (91)
- Protecting children from abuse and neglect : foundations for a new national strategy (1994) (84)
- Community consultation in socially sensitive research. Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for AIDS. (1988) (81)
- Psychologists' involvement in cases of child maltreatment. Limits of role and expertise. (1989) (80)
- Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (1995) (79)
- Empirical studies of ethical issues in research. A research agenda. (1987) (71)
- "Someone will notice, and someone will care": How to build Strong Communities for Children. (2015) (71)
- Patterns and Correlates of Gun Ownership Among Nonmetropolitan and Rural Middle School Students (2000) (69)
- Reforming the Law: Impact of Child Development Research (1987) (65)
- Children's competency to testify (1981) (65)
- Child witnesses and the confrontation clause (1991) (56)
- Children, Politics, and Morality: The Ethics of Child Advocacy (1987) (56)
- Adolescents and prevention of AIDS. (1988) (55)
- Community Mental Health Centers and the Courts: An Evaluation of Community-Based Forensic Services (1985) (55)
- Child Witnesses and the First Amendment: A Psycholegal Dilemma (1984) (52)
- Multisystemic Family Preservation Therapy (1994) (51)
- Research policy and child maltreatment: developing the scientific foundation for effective protection of children. (1994) (51)
- Beyond Balancing: Toward an Integrated Approach to Children's Rights (2008) (47)
- The child's right to a family environment. Why children's rights and family values are compatible. (1996) (47)
- Building humane communities respectful of children: the significance of the convention on the rights of the child. (2005) (47)
- Parents and Children: Legal Reform To Facilitate Children's Participation. (1999) (47)
- Bringing psychology to the legal system: Opportunities, obstacles, and efficacy. (1987) (46)
- Getting Out of a Rut: Detours to Less Traveled Paths in Child-Witness Research (1987) (46)
- Toward "personhood" for adolescents. Autonomy and privacy as values in public policy. (1983) (45)
- Socialization in the global community: Respect for the dignity of children. (1991) (44)
- Child Advocacy: Psychological Issues and Interventions (1983) (43)
- Between Neighborliness and Volunteerism: Participants in the Strong Communities Initiative (2008) (42)
- The law is a good thing (psychology is, too) (1992) (42)
- Ruralness as a Psychological Construct (1983) (41)
- Preserving the dignity of children around the world: the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. (1991) (40)
- Adolescent Abortion: Psychological and Legal Issues (1987) (40)
- Ethical and legal issues in AIDS-related practice. (1988) (40)
- Lessons from Norway: The Children's Ombudsman as a Voice for Children (1991) (39)
- Children's participation in treatment planning: Psychological and legal issues. (1981) (36)
- Ethical dilemmas in AIDS research. Individual privacy and public health. (1988) (35)
- Law, science, and humanity (1990) (33)
- Community differences in the implementation of Strong Communities for Children. (2015) (32)
- Child protection and society. When should the state intervene? (1987) (32)
- The Law as a behavioral instrument (1986) (32)
- Taking Gault Seriously: Toward a New Juvenile Court (1989) (32)
- Implementing the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child : a standard of living adequate for development (1999) (32)
- Assessing violent offending in serious juvenile offenders (1993) (32)
- The Clashing of Symbols: Prelude to Child and Family Policy. (1987) (31)
- The law as an instrument of socialization and social structure. (1985) (31)
- The SAGE Handbook of Child Research (2013) (30)
- Toward a Science of Community Intervention (2008) (30)
- Public policy and private prejudice: Psychology and law on gay rights. (1989) (30)
- Chronic neglect of family violence: more than a decade of reports to guide US policy. (2002) (30)
- Empirical Research on Child Maltreatment and the Law (1995) (29)
- From Safe Sanctuaries to Strong Communities: The Role of Communities of Faith in Child Protection (2008) (27)
- Effects of a state law permitting minors to consent to psychotherapy. (1981) (27)
- Brief Research Report: Certificates of Confidentiality Under the Public Health Service Act: Strong Protection but Not Enough (1990) (27)
- 'Programs' aren't enough: child protection must become a part of everyday life. (2013) (26)
- Angels (and neighbors) watching over us: child safety and family support in an age of alienation. (2010) (25)
- The feasibility of a brief evaluation of mental state at the time of the offense (1984) (25)
- Minors and Privacy: Are Legal and Psychological Concepts Compatible? (1983) (25)
- Changes in Family Law and Family Life Challenges for Psychology (1989) (24)
- Psychologists as Law Professors (1987) (24)
- Children's rights: where are the children? (1982) (24)
- Adolescent abortion. Psychological perspectives on public policy. (1987) (23)
- Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based child protection system : a report of the consortium on children, families, and the law (2002) (23)
- Training in psychology and law. (1987) (22)
- “I Can Conquer a Mountain”: Ordinary People Who Provide Extraordinary Community Service (2008) (22)
- No Place to Go: The Civil Commitment of Minors (1998) (22)
- Strong Communities for Children: A Community-Wide Approach to Prevention of Child Maltreatment (2022) (21)
- It's time for neighborhood research and action. (1992) (21)
- Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Vol. 1@@@Adolescent Abortion: Psychological and Legal Issues (1988) (20)
- The law and ethics of psychosocial research on AIDS. (1985) (19)
- Sexually Abused Children and the Legal System: Some Policy Recommendations. (1985) (19)
- Community Life, Public Health, and Children's Safety (2008) (18)
- Ethical and legal issues in research and intervention. (1989) (17)
- Ethical and Legal Issues in AIDS Research (1994) (17)
- Block Grants and Rural Mental Health Services. (1987) (17)
- The Nature, Logic, and Significance of Strong Communities for Children (2020) (16)
- Decision Making by Children (1983) (16)
- TRENDS IN LEGISLATION AND CASE LAW ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (1990) (16)
- Strong Communities: What Did Participants Actually Do? (2008) (16)
- It's all about relationships! The psychology of Human Rights. (2010) (15)
- Realism in Psychology and Humanism in Law: Psycholegal Studies at Nebraska (1990) (15)
- Psychological Maltreatment and the Schools: Problems of Law and Professional Responsiblilty. (1987) (14)
- Legal regulation of adolescent abortion. Unintended effects. (1987) (14)
- Ecologically oriented school‐based mental health services: Implications for service system reform (1999) (14)
- Fear, prejudice, and neglect. Discrimination against mentally disabled persons. (1987) (14)
- CHILDREN AS PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE: NEXT STEPS FOR DEVELOPMENTALISTS (1992) (14)
- The best evidence produces the best law (1992) (13)
- "To such as these, the kingdom of heaven belongs": Religious faith as a foundation for children's rights. (2010) (13)
- Knowing what we do know: APA and adolescent abortion. (1990) (13)
- Transformative Change: An Analysis of the Evolution of Special Events Within 3 Communities (2008) (12)
- Expert opinions: "Not for cosmic understanding" (1994) (12)
- The Nature and Scope of Child Research: Learning about Children’s Lives (2013) (12)
- Must researchers share their data? (1988) (11)
- Preparing Children for Decision Making (1983) (11)
- The Individual, the Family, and Social Good: Personal Fulfillment in Time of Change (1997) (11)
- Procedural Justice in Family Court:: Does the Adversary Model Make Sense? (1982) (10)
- Are Adolescents People? Problems of Liberty, Entitlement, and Responsibility (1989) (10)
- Bringing psychology to Capitol Hill: Briefings on child and family policy. (1995) (10)
- Adolescent abortion: a psycholegal analysis. (1986) (10)
- Mandated Reporting Laws and Child Maltreatment: The Evolution of a Flawed Policy Response (2013) (10)
- Ethical Judgments Amid Uncertainty (1991) (10)
- Putting the “Community” Back into “Mental Health”: The Challenge of a Great Crisis in the Health and Well-being of Children and Families (2010) (10)
- When scientists are adversaries, do participants lose? (1988) (9)
- Integrating Assessment, Treatment, and Justice (2006) (9)
- Children in war and its aftermath: mental health issues in the development of international law. (1994) (9)
- Doing justice and doing good: conflicts for mental health professionals. (1994) (9)
- Legal Reforms Affecting Child and Youth Services (1983) (9)
- Children's safety in community context. (2015) (9)
- Children's right to treatment. (1978) (8)
- Mental health and social justice: a vision for the 21st century. (2003) (8)
- How can government protect mental health amid a disaster? (2010) (8)
- A swan song (or a fanfare): some thoughts of an institute director after 30 years of service. (2013) (8)
- Hospitality: transformative service to children, families, and communities. (2014) (7)
- The Individual, the Family, and Social Good: Personal Fulfillment in Times of Change. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Volume 42. (1995) (7)
- Keeping the doors to the community open. (2010) (7)
- Children's Law: Toward a New Realism (2001) (7)
- Litigation In the Interest of Children (1986) (7)
- Democratization and Children’s Lives (2004) (6)
- Adolescents and abortion. (1991) (6)
- Adolescent abortion : psychological and legal issues : report of the Interdivisional Committee on Adolescent Abortion, American Psychological Association (1986) (6)
- Evaluation of child witnesses for confrontation by criminal defendants. (1994) (6)
- Children’s Right to Personal Security: the Foundation for a New Journal (2018) (6)
- One Person Can Make a Difference: Stories of Strong Communities and Their Outreach Workers (2020) (6)
- Perceptions of Rural and Urban Communities. (1987) (6)
- Psycholegal issues in juveniles’ competency to waive their rights (1981) (5)
- Organized psychology and legal policy-making: Involvement in the post-Hinckley debate. (1985) (5)
- Caution in child maltreatment cases. (1991) (5)
- The self-help movement and neighborhood support for troubled families. (2002) (5)
- Populism, school prayer, and the courts: Confessions of an expert witness (1986) (4)
- In search of the highest attainable standard of mental health for children. (2010) (4)
- Child Protection: Still in Search of Syndromes. (1997) (4)
- Child Protection: Making a Bad Situation Worse? (1990) (4)
- Legal Issues in School-Based Behavior Therapy (1988) (4)
- Community Change, Community Stasis, and the Law (2000) (4)
- Making room for psychology inMiranda doctrine: Juveniles' Waiver of Rights (1983) (3)
- The pursuit of new directions: directions will offer challenging ideas for both north and south. (2013) (3)
- The Adolescent dilemma : international perspectives on the family planning rights of minors (1987) (3)
- Legal Policy and Child Development Research (1982) (3)
- Therapy through law. (1994) (3)
- Generating Essentials for Childhood: New Roles in Child Protection for the U.S. Federal Government and the Public Health Sector (2019) (3)
- Young Children's Rights (2011) (3)
- "Because It's the Right (or Wrong) Thing to Do": When Children's Well-Being Is the Wrong Outcome 88 (2014) (3)
- The psychologist as clinician‐advocate: Issues in practice and training (1977) (3)
- Psychology in the law: Why we do what we do (1991) (3)
- Children, ecology, and legal contexts: Reply to Haugaard. (1988) (2)
- Concepts of Childhood (1983) (2)
- How can Strong Communities transform community norms and structures to promote children ’ s safety and well-being ? (2015) (2)
- Evaluation of mentally retarded persons for sterilization: contributions and limits of psychological consultation (1984) (2)
- “What if I couldn't?”; impact of a museum exhibit depicting special needs of the handicapped (1977) (2)
- Community Psychology and Rural Legal Systems (1983) (2)
- Children as Legal Actors (1992) (2)
- Building systems for safety in the family: The U.S. experience (2000) (2)
- Is There a Place for Children in the New World Order (2012) (2)
- Children’s Rights (1983) (2)
- The Psychologist's Role In Juvenile and Family Law (1978) (2)
- Law and random events: the state of child mental health policy. (1987) (2)
- Commentary. Due care, not prohibition of expert opinions (1999) (1)
- Untangling the web again. (1990) (1)
- Some old, some new. (2010) (1)
- Anarchy ain't so great (1993) (1)
- Children, Social Science, and the Law: Starting a New Generation of Research (2002) (1)
- The Right to a Family Environment for “Children Living in Exceptionally Difficult Conditions” (1995) (1)
- Due Care, Not Prohibition of Expert Opinions (2006) (1)
- Building Safe Environments for Children and Families: The Integration of Research Teaching, and Public Service (2016) (1)
- Informed Consent: A Study of Decisionmaking in Psychiatry (1986) (1)
- A Clinician's Guide to Forensic Psychological Assessment—by Michael P. Maloney; Free Press, New York, 1985, 214 pages, $22.95 (1986) (0)
- Child advocacy: New professional roles for helping families: By Jack C. Westman. New York: Free Press, 1979, xvi + 431 pp. (1980) (0)
- Saliva testing is not the answer to childhood aggression. (1998) (0)
- Milt Shore: editor and advocate. (2014) (0)
- Discovery of Child Abuse in Britain. (1986) (0)
- Children's Rights in the Health Care System: The Evolving Framework in International Human Rights Law (1998) (0)
- "Evaluation of child witnesses for confrontation by criminal defendants": Erratum. (1994) (0)
- The Nature of Advocacy (1983) (0)
- Social Interventions with Children (1983) (0)
- List of editorial consultants to the articles in volume 8, numbers 3/4 (1984) (0)
- Editing on the edge in Denver, New Orleans, and Williamston-and soon in Dallas and Lincoln, too. (2014) (0)
- Legal Medicine 1985. (1987) (0)
- Children as objects of social control: Implications for training in children's services. (1990) (0)
- Abortion and Moral Uncertainty. (1989) (0)
- What's "Rural" About Rural Behavioral Health? (2004) (0)
- More on mainstreaming. (1979) (0)
- What's "Rural" About Rural Mental Health? (1986) (0)
- Increased Autonomy for Children (2017) (0)
- Psychological Evaluation for the Courts, A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers, Third Edition (2009) (0)
- Shrinking the Power of the Expert's Word: Who really can determine the best interests of a child? (2016) (0)
- Vol19#4_Psychological Effects: Increased Autonomy for Children (1980) (0)
- The Nature, Logic, and Significance of Strong Communities for Children (2020) (0)
- Law in the Dorms. (1994) (0)
- Academia: Research, teaching, and supervision. (1995) (0)
- Generating Essentials for Childhood: New Roles in Child Protection for the U.S. Federal Government and the Public Health Sector (2019) (0)
- One Person Can Make a Difference: Stories of Strong Communities and Their Outreach Workers (2020) (0)
- The Consumer’s Point of View (1983) (0)
- Innovations, respect, and personal renewal. (2010) (0)
- Books Received (1987) (0)
- Who Speaks for The Child? The Problems of Proxy Consent (1984) (0)
- Human Ecology and Child Advocacy (1983) (0)
- Current Child and Family Policy in the United States: More Than Kissing Babies? and The Welfare of Children (1996) (0)
- Children’s Right to Personal Security: the Foundation for a New Journal (2018) (0)
- Addressing mental health challenges facing the "Next America": A call for culture change. (2015) (0)
- A Fantasy Project on Juvenile Delinquency. (1992) (0)
- Coming of Age in America: Work, Abortion, and the Family@@@When Teenagers Work: The Psychological and Social Costs of Adolescent Employment@@@Adolescent Abortion: Psychological and Legal Issues@@@The Adolescent Dilemma: International Perspectives on the Family Planning Rights of Minors (1988) (0)
- Two Will Be Honored for Battle Against War's Trauma (2005) (0)
- Young People as Leaders in (and Sometimes Victims of) Political and Cultural Change (2015) (0)
- Before the best interests of the child: By Joseph Goldstein, Anna Freud, and Albert J. Solnit. New York: Free Press, 1979, xii + 288 pp. (1980) (0)
- Gregory of Zimbabwe: A true story of overcoming child abuse and the scandal of diplomatic immunity: Leonard T. Gries. Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1993. 173 pp. $10.95. (1994) (0)
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