Legal and psychological implications in the assessment of sexual consent in the cognitively impaired population

Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 352-358

  Kennedy, Carrie Hill ^a,b  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Box 2866 ^*

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Consent competency; Sexual consent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2142690646     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191103258592     Document Type: Article

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