A stepwise approach to identify intellectual disabilities in the criminal justice system

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-198

  Søndenaa, Erik ^a   Palmstierna, Tom ^a,b   Iversen, Valentina Cabral ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forensic assessment; Forensic setting; Intellectual disability; Intelligence checklist; Intelligence screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856800023     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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