Trial venue decisions in juvenile cases: Mitigating and extralegal factors matter

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-39

  Nunez, Narina ^a   Dahl, Mindy J ^a   Tang, Connie M ^a   Jensen, Brittney L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846600882     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X73768     Document Type: Article

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