Competency restoration: An examination of the differences between defendants predicted restorable and not restorable to competency

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-139

  Hubbard, Karen L ^a   Zapf, Patricia A ^b   Ronan, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Competence restoration; Competency to stand trial; Fitness to stand trial; Incompetency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ALABAMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037799297     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022566328781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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