Teenagers' difficulties with key words regarding the criminal court process

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 653-667

  Crawford, Emma ^a   Bull, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Court; Terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750912802     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190500489970     Document Type: Article

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