Legal decisions of preadolescent and adolescent defendants: Predictors of confessions, pleas, communication with attorneys, and appeals

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-277

  Viljoen, Jodi L ^a   Klaver, Jessica ^b   Roesch, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Adolescence; Competence; Interrogation; Juvenile justice; Miranda rights

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COURT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAWYER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMUNICATION; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAWYERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24044554267     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-3613-2     Document Type: Article

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