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Adjudicative Competence: The MacArthur Studies

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The article was published on 2002-08-31 and is currently open access. It has received 41 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Competence (human resources).

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Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment

TL;DR: This paper provides an adaptation of 29 recently derived principles of FMHA that have been described in two forms: general guidelines for application in FMHA, and guidelines forApplication to neuropsychological assessment in forensic contexts.
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Mental capacity, legal competence and consent to treatment.

TL;DR: An alternative explanation, that the authors require greater room for error when the consequences are serious, implies a change to clinical practice and in the evidence doctors offer in court.
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AAPL Practice Guideline for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial

TL;DR: Full Document: Wall BW, Ash P, Keram E, et al: AAPL Practice Resource for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial Update 2018.
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Therapeutic jurisprudence and responsivity: Finding the will and the way in offender rehabilitation

TL;DR: In this paper, a psycho-legal approach to offender rehabilitation is presented, which utilizes psychological knowledge to determine ways in which the law can enhance individual well-being, particularly in relation to the impact of the law.
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Adjudicative competence and comprehension of Miranda rights in adolescent defendants: a comparison of legal standards†‡

TL;DR: While over half of defendants aged 15 and under wereclassified as impaired in adjudicative capacities when adult norms were applied, significantly fewer adolescents were classified as impaired when adolescentnorms were applied or a standard of "basic understanding and communication."
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