Assessing competency competently: Toward a rational standard for competency-to-stand-trial assessments

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-245

  Morris, Grant H ^a,b   Haroun, Ansar M ^a,c   Naimark, David ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Forensic Psychiatry Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 4644236056     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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