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Advances in Assessments for Legal Competencies | |
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Legal Competencies | |
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Legal Competencies in the Criminal Process | |
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Legal Competencies in Civil Cases | |
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Summary | |
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Improving Evaluations for Legal Competencies: How Far Have We Come? | |
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Ignorance and Irrelevance | |
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Intrusion | |
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Insufficiency and Incredibility | |
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The Value of a Conceptual Model | |
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Legally Relevant Assessments for Legal Competencies | |
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Introduction | |
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Five Components of Legal Competencies | |
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Functional Component | |
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Causal Component | |
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Interactive Component | |
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Judgmental and Dispositional Components | |
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Summary | |
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Empirical Assessments for Legal Competencies | |
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Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Objectives of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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The Need for Evaluation of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Standards for Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Conceptual Basis: Defining Legally Relevant Functional Abilities | |
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Psychometric Development | |
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Construct Validation | |
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Predictive or Classificatory Utility | |
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Potential for Expressing Person-Situation Congruency | |
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Orientation to the Instrument Reviews | |
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Discovery and Selection of the Instruments | |
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Purposes and Outline of the Review Chapters | |
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Competence to Stand Trial | |
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The Competence Question | |
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Law and Current Practice | |
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From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment | |
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Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA) | |
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Fitness Interview Test--Revised (FIT-R) | |
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Competence Assessment for Standing Trial for Defendants with Mental Retardation (CAST-MR) | |
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Georgia Court Competence Test--Mississippi State Hospital (GCCT-MSH) | |
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Competence to Stand Trial Assessment Instrument (CAI) | |
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Competence Screening Test (CST) | |
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Current Status of The Field | |
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Research Directions | |
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Clinical Application | |
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Waiver of Rights to Silence and Legal Counsel | |
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The Competence Question | |
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Law and Current Practice | |
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From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment | |
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Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Comprehension of Miranda Rights (CMR) | |
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Comprehension of Miranda Rights--Recognition (CMR-R) | |
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Comprehension of Miranda Vocabulary (CMV) | |
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Function of Rights in Interrogation (FRI) | |
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Current Status of the Field | |
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Research Directions | |
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Clinical Application | |
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Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity | |
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The Competence Question | |
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Law and Current Practice | |
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From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment | |
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Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Mental State at the Time of the Offense Screening Evaluation (MSE) | |
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Rogers Criminal Responsibility Assessment Scales (R-CRAS) | |
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Current Status of the Field | |
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Research Directions | |
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Clinical Application | |
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Parenting Capacity | |
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The Competence Question | |
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Abuse, Neglect, and Termination of Parental Rights | |
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Divorce and Custody | |
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Law and Current Practice | |
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From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment | |
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Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody (ASPECT) | |
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Bricklin Perceptual Scales (BPS) | |
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Perception of Relationships Test (PORT) | |
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Parent Awareness Skills Survey (PASS) and Parent Perception of Child Profile (PPCP) | |
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Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI) | |
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Parenting Stress Index (PSI) | |
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Parent-Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI) | |
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Current Status of the Field | |
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Research Directions | |
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Clinical Application | |
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Guardianship and Conservatorship | |
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The Competence Question | |
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Law and Current Practice | |
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From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment | |
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Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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IADL Instruments Based on Interview or Observation | |
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Adult Functional Adaptive Behavior Scale (AFABS) | |
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Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire (MFAQ) | |
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Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Inventory (MAI) | |
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Performance Based Instruments to Assess IADL's | |
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Direct Assessment of Functional Status (DAFS) | |
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Everyday Problems Test (EPT) | |
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Performance Based Instruments to Assess Need for Guardian or Conservator | |
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Decisionmaking Instrument for Guardianship (DIG) | |
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Financial Capacity Instrument (FCI) | |
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Hopemont Capacity Assessment Interview (HCAI) | |
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Independent Living Scales (ILS) | |
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Current Status of the Field | |
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Research Directions | |
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Clinical Application | |
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Competence to Consent to Treatment | |
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The Competence Question | |
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Law and Current Practice | |
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From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment | |
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Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Capacity to Consent to Treatment Instrument (CCTI) | |
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Hopemont Capacity Assessment Interview (HCAI) | |
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Hopkins Competency Assessment Test (HCAT) | |
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MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) | |
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MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR) | |
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Understanding Treatment Disclosures (UTD) | |
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Perceptions of Disorder (POD) | |
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Thinking Rationally about Treatment (TRAT) | |
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Psychometric Development | |
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Current Status of the Field | |
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Research Directions | |
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Clinical Application | |
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Developing and Using Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Developing Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Functional Component | |
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Causal Component | |
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Interactive Component | |
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Judgmental and Dispositional Components | |
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Using Forensic Assessment Instruments | |
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Forming the Question | |
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Selecting Assessment Methods | |
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Describing Functional Abilities | |
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Explaining Functional Deficits | |
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Making Predictions or Postdictions | |
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Stating Conclusions | |
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A Note on Potential Misuse of FAIs | |
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Continuing the Improvement of Forensic Assessments | |
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The Conceptual Model | |
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The Future of FAIs | |
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References | |
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Legal Citations | |
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Subject Index | |