The Impact of Juveniles' Ages and Levels of Psychosocial Maturity on Judges' Opinions About Adjudicative Competence

This study investigated whether defendants' ages and levels of psychosocial maturity would affect judges' ratings of juveniles' adjudicative competence in juvenile and criminal court Three hundred forty two judges reviewed a forensic psychological report about a hypothetical defendant...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Law and human behavior 2012-02, Vol.36 (1), p.21-27
Hauptverfasser:	Cox, Jennifer Mayer, Goldstein, Naomi E. S., Dolores, John, Zelechoski, Amanda D., Messenheimer, Sharon
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adjudication Adolescent Adolescents Adults Age Factors Attorneys Child Competency to Stand Trial Criminal courts Defendants Female Forensic Psychology Human Human Development Humans Judges Judgment Juvenile courts Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Delinquency - legislation & jurisprudence Juvenile Delinquency - psychology Male Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence Minors Psychosocial Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Trial competence Trials United States
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