Competence to stand trial: Clinician reliability and the role of offense severity

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Rosenfeld, Barry ^a,b   Ritchie, Kerri ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b Forensic Psychiatry Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal offense; Forensic psychiatry competence to stand trial; Forensic science; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031908736     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16102j     Document Type: Article

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