Examining adolescents' and their parents' conceptual and practical knowledge of police interrogation: A family dyad approach

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-698

  Woolard, Jennifer L ^a   Cleary, Hayley M D ^a   Harvell, Samantha A S ^a   Chen, Rusan ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interrogation; Juvenile justice; Miranda warnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749103117     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9288-5     Document Type: Article

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