Jail-Based Restoration to Competency: An Investigation of Program Recidivism and Contested Competency Cases

Cassandra Valerio; Judith V. Becker

doi:10.1080/15228932.2016.1142777

Jail-Based Restoration to Competency: An Investigation of Program Recidivism and Contested Competency Cases

Cassandra Valerio, Judith V. Becker

Psychology

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Abstract

While jail-based restoration to competency (RTC) programs are becoming more common, research on these programs and defendants who complete them is limited. The present study investigated characteristics of defendants who have completed a jail-based RTC program more than once to determine what factors differentiate them from those who completed the program only once. This study also investigated whether the use of psychological tests in competency to stand trial (CST) evaluations reduced the number of competency cases that are contested. Several predictors of RTC program repetitions were identified. However, no differences in number of contested cases were found in CST evaluations that used assessment instruments compared to evaluations where no assessment was used.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	61-73
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15228932.2016.1142777
State	Published - Mar 14 2016

Keywords

adjudicative competency
competency to stand trial
forensic evaluation
jail-based restoration to competency
restoration to competency

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Applied Psychology

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