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Research article summary:
Predictor variables in competency to stand trial decisions.
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Clinicians possess significant discretion in competency to stand trial assessment. Therefore, it is paramount to explore the contribution of individual variables to ensure that the decision-making process is devoid of bias and solely relates to the legal ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003Aug
in Journal: Law Hum Behav
(Language : eng)
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1. Law Hum Behav.
2003 Aug;27(4):423-36
Predictor variables in competency to stand trial decisions.
Cooper VG, Zapf PA
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Alabama, USA.
Clinicians possess significant discretion in competency to stand trial assessment. Therefore, it is paramount to explore the contribution of individual variables to ensure that the decision-making process is devoid of bias and solely relates to the legal criterion. To test for the possibility of bias in clinical decision-making, we examined the predictive efficiency of clinical, criminological, and sociodemographic variables in a sample of 468 criminal defendants referred for competency evaluations. Only clinical diagnostic variables and employment status were significant predictors. This finding supports the idea that examiner decisions of competency appear to be unbiased and relate primarily to a defendant's functional ability.
PMID : 12916229 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Virginia G | Cooper | VG |
| Patricia A | Zapf | PA |
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Alabama, USA.
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- Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence
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