Competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility: An examination of racial and gender differences among African American and Caucasian pretrial defendants

American Journal of Forensic Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 5-19

  Caldwell, Roslyn M ^a   Mandracchia, Steven A ^b   Ross, Sylvia An ^a   Silver, N Clayton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEGRO; OFFENDER; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0042810701     PISSN: 07331290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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