The capacity of juveniles to understand and waive arrest rights

Learning Forensic Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 265-290

  Roesch, Ronald ^a   McLachlan, Kaitlyn ^a   Viljoen, Jodi L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203939888     Document Type: Chapter

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