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Teaching adolescents and adults about adjudicative proceedings: a comparison of pre- and post-teaching scores on the MacCAT-CA

dc.contributor.authorViljoen, Jodi L.
dc.contributor.authorOdgers, Candice L.
dc.contributor.authorGrisso, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorTillbrook, Chad E.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:27.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:09:10Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:09:10Z
dc.date.issued2007-01-11
dc.date.submitted2010-09-10
dc.identifier.citationLaw Hum Behav. 2007 Oct;31(5):419-32. Epub 2007 Jan 9. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10979-006-9069-1">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn0147-7307 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10979-006-9069-1
dc.identifier.pmid17211689
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45749
dc.description.abstractThe current study investigated whether teaching was associated with improved legal understanding among adolescents and adults. Participants included 927 youth and 466 young adults, who completed the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication, the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Second Version, and the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence. Adolescents aged 13 and younger were less likely than older individuals to improve with teaching. IQ score was positively associated with improvements following teaching, and individuals from ethnic minority groups showed greater improvements following teaching than non-Hispanic Caucasians. The implications of these findings are discussed.
dc.language.isoen_US
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dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10979-006-9069-1
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectCriminal Law
dc.subjectEthnic Groups
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMental Competency
dc.subjectProgram Evaluation
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subject*Teaching
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.titleTeaching adolescents and adults about adjudicative proceedings: a comparison of pre- and post-teaching scores on the MacCAT-CA
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleLaw and human behavior
dc.source.volume31
dc.source.issue5
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/278
dc.identifier.contextkey1550405
html.description.abstract<p>The current study investigated whether teaching was associated with improved legal understanding among adolescents and adults. Participants included 927 youth and 466 young adults, who completed the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication, the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Second Version, and the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence. Adolescents aged 13 and younger were less likely than older individuals to improve with teaching. IQ score was positively associated with improvements following teaching, and individuals from ethnic minority groups showed greater improvements following teaching than non-Hispanic Caucasians. The implications of these findings are discussed.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpsych_pp/278
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.source.pages419-32


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