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Predictor Variables in Competency to Stand Trial Decisions
Ist Teil von
Law and human behavior, 2003-08, Vol.27 (4), p.423-436
Ort / Verlag
United States: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr
2003
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APA PsycArticles【キャンパス外アクセス可】
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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 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.