The effect of a judicial declaration of competence on the perceived credibility of children and defendants

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-277

  Connolly, Deborah A ^a   Gagnon, Nathalie C ^a   Lavoie, Jennifer A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL DATABASE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL CRIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIGNETTE; WITNESS;

EID: 50849083180     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X206867     Document Type: Article

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