TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent interview-based measures of competency to stand trial
T2 - A critical review augmented with research data
AU - Rogers, Richard
AU - Nicole Grandjean, B. S.
AU - Tillbrook, Chad E.
AU - Vitacco, Michael J.
AU - Sewell, Kenneth W.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Forensic experts are frequently asked to conduct competency-to-stand trial evaluations and address the substantive prongs propounded in Dusky v. United States (1960). In understanding its application to competency evaluations, alternative conceptualizations of Dusky are critically examined. With Dusky providing the conceptual framework, three interview-based competency measures are reviewed: the Georgia Court Competency Test (GCCT), the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (Mac-CAT-CA), and the Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial-Revised (ECST-R). This review has a twin focus on reliability of each measure and its correspondence to Dusky prongs. The current review is augmented by new factor analytic data on the MacCAT-CA and ECST-R. The article concludes with specific recommendations for competency evaluations.
AB - Forensic experts are frequently asked to conduct competency-to-stand trial evaluations and address the substantive prongs propounded in Dusky v. United States (1960). In understanding its application to competency evaluations, alternative conceptualizations of Dusky are critically examined. With Dusky providing the conceptual framework, three interview-based competency measures are reviewed: the Georgia Court Competency Test (GCCT), the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (Mac-CAT-CA), and the Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial-Revised (ECST-R). This review has a twin focus on reliability of each measure and its correspondence to Dusky prongs. The current review is augmented by new factor analytic data on the MacCAT-CA and ECST-R. The article concludes with specific recommendations for competency evaluations.
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U2 - 10.1002/bsl.458
DO - 10.1002/bsl.458
M3 - Article
C2 - 11568958
AN - SCOPUS:0034806412
SN - 0735-3936
VL - 19
SP - 503
EP - 518
JO - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
JF - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
IS - 4
ER -
