Do defense attorney referrals for competence to stand trial evaluations depend on whether the client speaks English or Spanish?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 501-511

  Varela, Jorge G ^a   Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Gonzalez Jr , Ernie ^a   Gharagozloo, Laadan ^a   Johnson, Shara M ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attorney; Competency to stand trial; Language; Mental illness; Referral; Spanish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LAWYER; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LAWYERS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80755143327     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9253-1     Document Type: Article

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