The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool - Fitness to Plead: A preliminary evaluation of a research instrument for assessing fitness to plead in England and Wales

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 476-482

  Akinkunmi, Akintunde A ^a  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRISONER; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; WALES;

EID: 0036943621     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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