“… give me a lawyer, dawg”: recognizing youthful pleas for advice and support

(1) Youth are particularly vulnerable to making suboptimal legal decisions due to added challenges in comprehension, as well as their ongoing neurological development.(2) This fact is especially problematic in our system of pleas, which frequently expects defendants to determine the outcome of their...

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Main Authors: Miko M. Wilford, Annabelle Frazier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1414305/full