Competency to stand trial in preadjudicated and petitioned juvenile defendants

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-320

  Baerger, Dana Royce ^a,d   Griffin, Eugene F ^b   Lyons, John S ^a   Simmons, Ron ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Illinois Office of Mental Health   (United States)

^c Illinois Office of Mental Health   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141894305     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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