This book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist mental health professionals in designing and performing assessments for legal competencies defined in criminal and civil law, and to guide research that will improve the practice of evaluations for legal competencies. A special feature is the book's evaluative review of specialized forensic assessment instruments for each of several legal competencies. Three-fourths of the 37 instruments reviewed in this second edition are new.
Author(s): Thomas Grisso
Edition: 2nd
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 538
Contents......Page 18
CHAPTER 1. ADVANCES IN ASSESSMENTS FOR LEGAL COMPETENCIES......Page 24
Legal Competencies......Page 25
Legal Competencies in the Criminal Process......Page 26
Legal Competencies in Civil Cases......Page 30
Summary......Page 32
Improving Evaluations for Legal Competencies: How Far Have We Come?......Page 33
Ignorance and Irrelevance......Page 35
Intrusion......Page 38
Insufficiency and Incredibility......Page 40
The Value of a Conceptual Model......Page 42
CHAPTER 2. LEGALLY RELEVANT ASSESSMENTS FOR LEGAL COMPETENCIES......Page 44
Introduction......Page 45
Functional Component......Page 46
Causal Component......Page 52
Interactive Component......Page 55
Judgmental and Dispositional Components......Page 59
Summary......Page 62
CHAPTER 3. EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LEGAL COMPETENCIES......Page 64
Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 65
Objectives of Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 66
The Need for Evaluation of Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 70
Standards for Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 72
Conceptual Basis: Defining Legally Relevant Functional Abilities......Page 73
Psychometric Development......Page 78
Construct Validation......Page 82
Predictive or Classificatory Utility......Page 84
Potential for Expressing Person-Situation Congruency......Page 86
Discovery and Selection of the Instruments......Page 87
Purposes and Outline of the Review Chapters......Page 88
The Competence Question......Page 92
Law and Current Practice......Page 93
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment......Page 105
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 112
MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)......Page 113
Fitness Interview Test—Revised (FIT-R)......Page 124
Competence Assessment for Standing Trial for Defendants with Mental Retardation (CAST-MR)......Page 131
Georgia Court Competence Test—Mississippi State Hospital (GCCT-MSH)......Page 138
Competence to Stand Trial Assessment Instrument (CAI)......Page 144
Competence Screening Test (CST)......Page 153
Research Directions......Page 162
Clinical Application......Page 168
The Competence Question......Page 172
Law and Current Practice......Page 173
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment......Page 180
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 186
Comprehension of Miranda Rights (CMR)......Page 187
Comprehension of Miranda Rights—Recognition (CMR-R)......Page 196
Comprehension of Miranda Vocabulary (CMV)......Page 200
Function of Rights in Interrogation (FRI)......Page 204
Current Status of the Field......Page 209
Research Directions......Page 210
Clinical Application......Page 213
The Competence Question......Page 216
Law and Current Practice......Page 218
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment......Page 226
Mental State at the Time of the Offense Screening Evaluation (MSE)......Page 232
Rogers Criminal Responsibility Assessment Scales (R-CRAS)......Page 239
Research Directions......Page 246
Clinical Application......Page 248
The Competence Question......Page 252
Abuse, Neglect, and Termination of Parental Rights......Page 253
Divorce and Custody......Page 254
Law and Current Practice......Page 255
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment......Page 273
Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody (ASPECT)......Page 281
Bricklin Perceptual Scales (BPS)......Page 291
Perception of Relationships Test (PORT)......Page 297
Parent Awareness Skills Survey (PASS) and Parent Perception of Child Profile (PPCP)......Page 301
Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)......Page 304
Parenting Stress Index (PSI)......Page 315
Parent-Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI)......Page 321
Research Directions......Page 324
Clinical Application......Page 329
The Competence Question......Page 332
Law and Current Practice......Page 336
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment......Page 345
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 354
Adult Functional Adaptive Behavior Scale (AFABS)......Page 357
Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire (MFAQ)......Page 361
Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Inventory(MAI)......Page 369
Direct Assessment of Functional Status (DAFS)......Page 375
Everyday Problems Test (EPT)......Page 380
Decisionmaking Instrument for Guardianship (DIG)......Page 382
Financial Capacity Instrument (FCI)......Page 386
Hopemont Capacity Assessment Interview (HCAI)......Page 390
Independent Living Scales (ILS)......Page 392
Research Directions......Page 401
Clinical Application......Page 410
The Competence Question......Page 414
Law and Current Practice......Page 416
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment......Page 421
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 427
Capacity to Consent to Treatment Instrument (CCTI)......Page 428
Hopemont Capacity Assessment Interview (HCAI)......Page 435
Hopkins Competency Assessment Test (HCAT)......Page 439
MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T)......Page 444
MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR)......Page 452
Understanding Treatment Disclosures (UTD)......Page 458
Perceptions of Disorder (POD)......Page 463
Thinking Rationallyabout Treatment(TRAT)......Page 470
Psychometric Development......Page 473
Research Directions......Page 476
Clinical Application......Page 481
CHAPTER 10. DEVELOPING AND USING FORENSIC ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS......Page 484
Functional Component......Page 485
Causal Component......Page 492
Interactive Component......Page 494
Judgmental and Dispositional Components......Page 495
Using Forensic Assessment Instruments......Page 496
Selecting Assessment Methods......Page 497
Describing Functional Abilities......Page 498
Explaining Functional Deficits......Page 499
Stating Conclusions......Page 500
A Note on Potential Misuse of FAIs......Page 501
The Conceptual Model......Page 502
The Future of FAIs......Page 503
REFERENCES......Page 506
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