Juveniles' understanding of trial-related information: Are they competent defendants?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-180

  Cooper, Deborah K ^a  

^a Bridgewater State Hospital   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; INFORMATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE; OFFENDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030797937     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199721)15:2<167::AID-BSL266>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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