Psychiatric patients' comprehension of Miranda rights

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-405

  Cooper, Virginia G ^a   Zapf, Patricia A ^b  

^a City University of New York ^*  (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic assessment; Mental illness; Miranda rights; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT;

ADULT; ALABAMA; CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 51349119820     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9099-3     Document Type: Article

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