Evaluating Competencies

by Grisso, Thomas; Borum, Randy; Edens, John F.; Moye, Jennifer; Otto, Randy K.

• ISBN13: 9780306473432
• ISBN10: 0306473437
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

As in its first edition, 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 the second edition are new and thus were not reviewed in the first edition. Application of the assessment model and reviews of instruments are provided for six areas of legal competence: *Competence to Stand Trial; *Waiver of Rights to Silence and Legal Counsel; *Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity; *Parenting Capacity - Determination of Child Custody; *Guardianship and Conservatorship; and *Competence to Consent to Treatment.

Table of Contents

Advances in Assessments for Legal Competencies	1	(20)
Legal Competencies	2	(8)
Legal Competencies in the Criminal Process	3	(4)
Legal Competencies in Civil Cases	7	(2)
Summary	9	(1)
Improving Evaluations for Legal Competencies: How Far Have We Come?	10	(9)
Ignorance and Irrelevance	12	(3)
Intrusion	15	(2)
Insufficiency and Incredibility	17	(2)
The Value of a Conceptual Model	19	(2)
Legally Relevant Assessments for Legal Competencies	21	(20)
Introduction	22	(1)
Five Components of Legal Competencies	23	(16)
Functional Component	23	(6)
Causal Component	29	(3)
Interactive Component	32	(4)
Judgmental and Dispositional Components	36	(3)
Summary	39	(2)
Empirical Assessments for Legal Competencies	41	(28)
Forensic Assessment Instruments	42	(7)
Objectives of Forensic Assessment Instruments	43	(4)
The Need for Evaluation of Forensic Assessment Instruments	47	(2)
Standards for Forensic Assessment Instruments	49	(15)
Conceptual Basis: Defining Legally Relevant Functional Abilities	50	(5)
Psychometric Development	55	(4)
Construct Validation	59	(2)
Predictive or Classificatory Utility	61	(2)
Potential for Expressing Person-Situation Congruency	63	(1)
Orientation to the Instrument Reviews	64	(5)
Discovery and Selection of the Instruments	64	(1)
Purposes and Outline of the Review Chapters	65	(4)
Competence to Stand Trial	69	(80)
The Competence Question	69	(20)
Law and Current Practice	70	(12)
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment	82	(7)
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments	89	(50)
MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)	90	(11)
Fitness Interview Test---Revised (FIT-R)	101	(7)
Competence Assessment for Standing Trial for Defendants with Mental Retardation (CAST-MR)	108	(7)
Georgia Court Competence Test---Mississippi State Hospital (GCCT-MSH)	115	(6)
Competence to Stand Trial Assessment Instrument (CAI)	121	(9)
Competence Screening Test (CST)	130	(9)
Current Status of The Field	139	(10)
Research Directions	139	(6)
Clinical Application	145	(4)
Waiver of Rights to Silence and Legal Counsel	149	(44)
The Competence Question	149	(14)
Law and Current Practice	150	(7)
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment	157	(6)
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments	163	(23)
Comprehension of Miranda Rights (CMR)	164	(9)
Comprehension of Miranda Rights---Recognition (CMR-R)	173	(4)
Comprehension of Miranda Vocabulary (CMV)	177	(4)
Function of Rights in Interrogation (FRI)	181	(5)
Current Status of the Field	186	(7)
Research Directions	187	(3)
Clinical Application	190	(3)
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity	193	(36)
Randy Borum
The Competence Question	193	(16)
Law and Current Practice	195	(8)
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment	203	(6)
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments	209	(14)
Mental State at the Time of the Offense Screening Evaluation (MSE)	209	(7)
Rogers Criminal Responsibility Assessment Scales (R-CRAS)	216	(7)
Current Status of the Field	223	(6)
Research Directions	223	(2)
Clinical Application	225	(4)
Parenting Capacity	229	(80)
Randy K. Otto
John F. Edens
The Competence Question	229	(29)
Abuse, Neglect, and Termination of Parental Rights	230	(1)
Divorce and Custody	231	(1)
Law and Current Practice	232	(18)
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment	250	(8)
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments	258	(43)
Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody (ASPECT)	258	(10)
Bricklin Perceptual Scales (BPS)	268	(6)
Perception of Relationships Test (PORT)	274	(4)
Parent Awareness Skills Survey (PASS) and Parent Perception of Child Profile (PPCP)	278	(3)
Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)	281	(11)
Parenting Stress Index (PSI)	292	(6)
Parent-Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI)	298	(3)
Current Status of the Field	301	(8)
Research Directions	301	(5)
Clinical Application	306	(3)
Guardianship and Conservatorship	309	(82)
Jennifer Moye
The Competence Question	309	(22)
Law and Current Practice	313	(9)
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment	322	(9)
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments	331	(3)
A. IADL Instruments Based on Interview or Observation	334	(18)
Adult Functional Adaptive Behavior Scale (AFABS)	334	(4)
Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire (MFAQ)	338	(8)
Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Inventory (MAI)	346	(6)
B. Performance Based Instruments to Assess IADL's	352	(7)
Direct Assessment of Functional Status (DAFS)	352	(5)
Everyday Problems Test (EPT)	357	(2)
C. Performance Based Instruments to Assess Need for Guardian or Conservator	359	(19)
Decisionmaking Instrument for Guardianship (DIG)	359	(4)
Financial Capacity Instrument (FCI)	363	(4)
Hopemont Capacity Assessment Interview (HCAI)	367	(2)
Independent Living Scales (ILS)	369	(9)
Current Status of the Field	378	(13)
Research Directions	378	(9)
Clinical Application	387	(4)
Competence to Consent to Treatment	391	(70)
The Competence Question	391	(13)
Law and Current Practice	393	(5)
From Legal Standard to Forensic Assessment	398	(6)
Review of Forensic Assessment Instruments	404	(49)
Capacity to Consent to Treatment Instrument (CCTI)	405	(7)
Hopemont Capacity Assessment Interview (HCAI)	412	(4)
Hopkins Competency Assessment Test (HCAT)	416	(5)
MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T)	421	(8)
MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR)	429	(6)
Understanding Treatment Disclosures (UTD)	435	(5)
Perceptions of Disorder (POD)	440	(7)
Thinking Rationally about Treatment (TRAT)	447	(3)
Psychometric Development	450	(3)
Current Status of the Field	453	(8)
Research Directions	453	(5)
Clinical Application	458	(3)
Developing and Using Forensic Assessment Instruments	461	(22)
Developing Forensic Assessment Instruments	462	(11)
Functional Component	462	(7)
Causal Component	469	(2)
Interactive Component	471	(1)
Judgmental and Dispositional Components	472	(1)
Using Forensic Assessment Instruments	473	(6)
Forming the Question	474	(1)
Selecting Assessment Methods	474	(1)
Describing Functional Abilities	475	(1)
Explaining Functional Deficits	476	(1)
Making Predictions or Postdictions	477	(1)
Stating Conclusions	477	(1)
A Note on Potential Misuse of FAIs	478	(1)
Continuing the Improvement of Forensic Assessments	479	(4)
The Conceptual Model	479	(1)
The Future of FAIs	480	(3)
References	483	(32)
Legal Citations	515	(4)
Subject Index	519