Juvenile competency to stand trial: Problems and pitfalls

American Journal of Forensic Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 5-18

  Evans, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a Cuyahoga Co Juven Ct Diagn Clin ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; COURT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW SUIT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038667902     PISSN: 07331290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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