The performance of incarcerated juveniles on the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 360-373

  Ficke, Susan LaVelle ^a   Hart, Kathleen J ^b,c   Deardorff, Paul A ^c  

^a TriHealth   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hamilton County Juvenile Court Psychology Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRISONERS;

EID: 33846009061     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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