Use of a television crime-drama series to promote legal understanding in mentally ill, incompetent defendants: A pilot study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 465-469

  Montgomery, John ^a,c   Brooks, Martin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Mississippi State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency restoration; Criminal competence; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Legal education; Video instruction

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CRIME; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LITERATURE; MACARTHUR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL CRIMINAL ADJUDICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TELEVISION; VIDEOTAPE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 14844285350     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004050     Document Type: Review

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