Title
Teaching adolescents and adults about adjudicative proceedings: a comparison of pre- and post-teaching scores on the MacCAT-CA
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychology
Publication Date
2007-01-11
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adolescent; Adult; Child; Criminal Law; Ethnic Groups; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Competency; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; *Teaching; United States
Disciplines
Psychiatry
Abstract
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.
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s10979-006-9069-1
Source
Law Hum Behav. 2007 Oct;31(5):419-32. Epub 2007 Jan 9. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Law and human behavior
Related Resources
PubMed ID
17211689
Repository Citation
Viljoen, Jodi L.; Odgers, Candice L.; Grisso, Thomas; and Tillbrook, Chad E., "Teaching adolescents and adults about adjudicative proceedings: a comparison of pre- and post-teaching scores on the MacCAT-CA" (2007). Psychiatry Publications and Presentations. 278.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/278
