Interrogation & Statements

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Competence to Waive Interrogation Rights and Adjudicative Competence in Adolescent Defendants: Cognitive Development, Attorney Contact, and Psychological Symptoms

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This study examined the relationship of legal capacities to cognitive development, legal learning opportunities, and psychological symptoms. Participants were 152 male and female [adolescents] charged in juvenile court proceedings and held in detention, aged 11–17. The youth completed Grisso’s Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights, the Fitness Interview Test (Revised Edition), the…

Special Education Advocacy Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): For Children in the Juvenile Delinquency System

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The intended audience for this manual is defense attorneys who represent children in delinquency matters and in status offenses; the intended audience includes also disability rights attorneys and other public interest attorneys with an interest in representing children who are enmeshed in the delinquency system. Children strive to be productive and to be accepted. Children…

Juveniles’ Capacities to Waive Miranda

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