Comprehending the Scottish caution: Do offenders understand their right to remain silent?

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-27

  Cooke, David J ^a,b   Philip, Lorraine ^a,b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Douglas Inch Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; OFFENDER; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031950994     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1998.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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