The competence-related abilities of adolescent defendants in criminal court

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-92

  Poythress, Norman ^a   Lexcen, Frances J ^b   Grisso, Thomas ^c   Steinberg, Laurence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence to stand trial; Juvenile competence; Juvenile transfer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL COMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; RECOGNITION; SAMPLING; AGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746415348     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9005-4     Document Type: Article

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