Criminal Competency on Trial

by Bardwell, Mark C.; Arrigo, Bruce A.

• ISBN13: 9780890890707
• ISBN10: 0890890706
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-17
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Authors
Introduction. Competency to Stand Trial: An Overview	p. 3
The Incompetency Doctrine: Historical Considerations, Conceptual Confusion, and Practical Problems	p. 15
Socio-Legal History of the Incompetency Doctrine	p. 15
Purposes and Justifications for the (In)Competency Doctrine	p. 19
Confusion with Competency to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility	p. 29
The Legal Standard of Competency: Case Developments	p. 33
Competence to Stand Trial	p. 35
Competence to Waive the Right to the Assistance of Counsel and Represent Oneself	p. 41
The Psychological Standard of Competency: Assessment Developments	p. 63
The Evolution of the CST Clinical Protocol	p. 64
Reviewing the Instruments and a Call for Greater Attention to Trial Abilities	p. 76
The Macarthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication	p. 77
Mental Health Disorders: The Case of Paranoid and Delusional Features	p. 95
Schizophrenia: General Features and Diagnostic Requirements	p. 98
Schizophrenia, Paranoid Type: General Features and Diagnostic Requirements	p. 103
Delusional Disorder: General Features and Diagnostic Requirements	p. 106
Delusional Disorder, Persecutory Subtype: General Features and Diagnostic Requirements	p. 110
Personality Disorders: General Features and Diagnostic Requirements	p. 112
Paranoid Personality Disorder: General Features and Diagnostic Requirements	p. 114
CST Complications: The Intersection of Psychology and the Law	p. 117
The Matter of Colin Ferguson: A Case Study Inquiry	p. 143
Why Ferguson: The Issue of Competency, the Data Selection Process and its Unique Presentation	p. 145
A Psychological and Legal Analysis: The Controversial Case of Colin Ferguson	p. 273
Psychological Analysis: An Overview of the Relevant Issues in the Case of Colin Ferguson	p. 274
Legal Analysis: An Overview of the Relevant Issues in the Case of Colin Ferguson	p. 290
Criminal Justice Policy and the CST Process: Strategy for Reform	p. 309
Lawyers and Pragmatic Solutions Regarding Competency Laws, Evaluators, and Competency to Stand Trial	p. 310
Psychological Assessment and CST Rulings	p. 315
Legal Policy Remedies	p. 319
Beyond Ferguson: New Directions and Competency to Stand Trial	p. 335
Theodore Kaczynski	p. 336
Revisiting Kaczynski's Paranoia: Opposing Views and Profound Evidence	p. 342
The Ferguson and Kaczynski Cases: Revisiting the Legal and Psychological Dynamics in the CST Process	p. 349
Summarizing Kaczynski	p. 367
Conclusion	p. 369
Revisiting the Chapters: A Brief Summary	p. 370
Sum and Substance: Blending of Chapters	p. 373
A Monumental Problem: Monetary Issues and Expert Services in the Courts	p. 376
Index	p. 379
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