Enrollment in mental health courts: Voluntariness, knowingness, and adjudicative competence

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-104

  Redlich, Allison D ^a   Hoover, Steven ^b   Summers, Alicia ^c   Steadman, Henry J ^a  

^a Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Mandated treatment; Mental health courts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRISONER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COERCION; COMPREHENSION; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; NEVADA; NEW YORK CITY; PRISONERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954459662     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9170-8     Document Type: Article

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