Ch. 1. The juvenile justice system in the United States : history relevant to disposition, transfer, and reverse transfer -- ch. 2. Legal context of transfer, reverse transfer, and disposition -- ch. 3. Foundations of evaluations -- ch. 4. Developmental aspects of evaluation -- ch. 5. Risk assessment -- ch. 6. Treatment needs and amenability -- ch. 7. Sophistication-maturity -- ch. 8. Transfer and reverse transfer -- ch. 9. Evaluating disposition and placement -- ch. 10. Juvenile resentencing -- ch. 11. International juvenile justice models and trends -- ch. 12. Recommendations for law and policy, practice, and research