In assessing defendants deemed incompetent to proceed, evaluators are frequently asked
(and sometimes required) to make predictions regarding the likelihood a defendant will be …

US courts frequently require forensic examiners to offer opinions concerning the likelihood
that criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial can have their competence …

Few studies on adjudicative competence explore the relationship between diagnosis,
treatment, and restorability. Most focus on demographics and major psychiatric diagnosis …

Archival data of inpatient defendants referred for competency restoration were used to make
comparisons between those who were restored to competency (CST; n 43) and those who …

Previous research has investigated the characteristics of competent and incompetent
defendants and restorable and nonrestorable defendants. However, less is known about the …

Objective: To develop a typology of criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial
using data-driven classification techniques and validate it against forensically relevant …

Criminal defendants adjudicated incompetent to stand trial are typically hospitalized for
competence restoration in state institutions. Prolonged restoration hospitalizations involve …

Since the United States Supreme Court ruling in Sell v. US (539 US 166 (2003)), the
prediction of which incompetent criminal defendants are likely to be restored has assumed …

Abstract In the United States, the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th
Amendment require that criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial be committed …

Evaluations of competence to stand trial (CST) are the most common type of criminal
forensic evaluation conducted, and courts tend to defer to clinician opinions regarding a …