Development and Effects of Client Trust in Criminal Defense Attorneys: Preliminary Examination of the Congruence Model of Trust Development

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-214

  Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Boothby, Jennifer L ^b   Brodsky, Stanley L ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LAWYER; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRISON; SATISFACTION; TRUST;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; LAWYERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TRUST;

EID: 1942531300     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.584     Document Type: Article

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