Adjudicative Competence: Evidence That Impairment in " Rational Understanding" Is Taxonic

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 716-722

  Marcus, David K ^a   Poythress, Norman G ^b   Edens, John F ^c   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency to stand trial; Latent structure; MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool Criminal Adjudication; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; APPRECIATION SCALE OF THE MACARTHUR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL CRIMINAL ADJUDICATION; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAXONOMY;

COMPREHENSION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956777092     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020131     Document Type: Article

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