Assessing Adjudicative Competency: Using Legal and Empirical Principles to Inform Practice

Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 175-211

  Skeem, Jennifer ^a   Emke Francis, Paula ^a   Golding, Stephen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012524196-0/50010-3     Document Type: Chapter

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