NCJ Number
94709
Journal
Adolescence Volume: 19 Issue: 74 Dated: (Summer 1984) Pages: 349-358
Date Published
1984
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Both adolescents and adults were administered a standardized measure of competency to stand trial.
Abstract
Results suggested that competency to stand trial does increase through the adolescent years, but that even older adolescents, aged 15 to 17, received lower scores than did adults. These results have implications for the continuing policy changes that have made the juvenile court increasingly adversarial. (Publisher abstract)