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Evaluations of Trial Competency and Mental State at Time of Offense: Report Characteristics
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Evaluations of Trial Competency and Mental State at Time of Offense: Report Characteristics

Kirk Heilbrun and Steven Collins
Professional psychology, research and practice, v 26(1)
Feb 1995
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.26.1.61
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Abstract

Despite the dramatic increase in conceptual and empirical attention to forensic mental health assessment that has occurred within the last 10 years, there is little published research on the normative characteristics of such evaluations. In the present study, a total of 277 reports describing evaluations of competency to stand trial and/or mental state at the time of the offense, based on evaluations performed in either a Florida forensic hospital ( n = 167) or in various communities in Florida ( n = 110), were rated to determine relevant characteristics of examiners and evaluation procedures. Comparisons between reports are made by site (hospital vs. community), discipline (psychiatrists vs. psychologists), and legal issues (trial competency vs. mental state at the time of the offense vs. both issues). Implications for the practice of forensic mental health assessment and further research are discussed.

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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
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