Can defendants with mental retardation successfully fake their performance on a test of competence to stand trial?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-560

  Everington, Caroline ^a   Notario Smull, Heidi ^b   Horton, Mel L ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34548276481     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.735     Document Type: Article

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