Adjudicative competency in a juvenile population

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 438-462

  Burnett, Darla M R ^a,c   Noblin, Charles D ^a   Prosser, Vicki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c E Louisiana Mental Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent competency to stand trial; Competency to stand trial; Juvenile competency; Juvenile justice; MacArthur competence assessment tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543043142     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854804265175     Document Type: Article

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