Policy Reports

Selected Policy Reports

  • Dennis, L. M., & Hafemeister, T. L. (2004). Detained juvenile offenders with substance abuse treatment needs: An examiniation of associated legal issues. Journal of Health & Biomedical Law, 1(1), 49-105.

  • Hafemeister, T. L. (2004). Parameters and implementation of a right to mental health treatment for juvenile offenders. The Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, 12(1), 61-139.

  • Redding, R.E. (2001). Judicial views on confidentiality and information sharing in the juvenile justice system: A survey of Virginia juvenile court judges (2001). Report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services, Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • Offenders with mental retardation in Virginia: Challenges and opportunities (2000). Report of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on the Needs of the Mentally Disabled, in conjunction with the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy of the University of Virginia.

  • Report on the adjudication of the insanity defense in juvenile delinquency proceedings. (2000). Report of the Virginia Bar Association Legislative Task Force to the Virginia General Assembly. (House Document No. 60.) Richmond, Virginia.

  • Redding, R. E. (1999). Analysis of systemic and legal barriers to meeting the mental health needs of juvenile offenders in the Virginia juvenile justice system. Report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services, Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • Shaff, S.M., and Redding, R.E. (1999). Legal liability issues concerning pre-adjudicatory drug testing of detained juveniles. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, NCJ 183500.

  • Redding, R. E. (1997) Juvenile detention centers' legal liability for mental health screening. Report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services, Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • Reppucci, N. D. Billings, L., Cooke, D., Land, D., Redding, R., Woolard, J., and Warren, J. (1996). Mental Health screening in juvenile detention centers: A preliminary assessment. Report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services, Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • Lombardo, Paul A. (1992). Report of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services on the Rights of Parents of Persons with Mental Disabilities. (House Document No. 59.) Presented to General Assembly in 1993.