Accommodating child witnesses in the criminal justice system: Implications for death penalty cases

Mental Disorder and Criminal Law: Responsibility, Punishment and Competence

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-102

  Quas, Jodi A ^a   McAuliff, Bradley D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84845-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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