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Safeguarding youth interrogation rights: the effect of grade level and reading complexity of youth waiver forms on the comprehension of legal rights

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Safeguarding youth interrogation rights: the effect of grade level and reading complexity of youth waiver forms on the comprehension of legal rights. / Freedman, Stuart; Eastwood, Joseph; Snook, Brent et al.
In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 3, 05.2014, p. 427-431.

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Freedman, S, Eastwood, J, Snook, B & Luther, K 2014, 'Safeguarding youth interrogation rights: the effect of grade level and reading complexity of youth waiver forms on the comprehension of legal rights', Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 427-431. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3001

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Freedman, S., Eastwood, J., Snook, B., & Luther, K. (2014). Safeguarding youth interrogation rights: the effect of grade level and reading complexity of youth waiver forms on the comprehension of legal rights. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28(3), 427-431. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3001

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Freedman S, Eastwood J, Snook B, Luther K. Safeguarding youth interrogation rights: the effect of grade level and reading complexity of youth waiver forms on the comprehension of legal rights. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2014 May;28(3):427-431. Epub 2014 Jan 21. doi: 10.1002/acp.3001

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Freedman, Stuart ; Eastwood, Joseph ; Snook, Brent et al. / Safeguarding youth interrogation rights : the effect of grade level and reading complexity of youth waiver forms on the comprehension of legal rights. In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2014 ; Vol. 28, No. 3. pp. 427-431.

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