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Tables of Contents for Adjudicative Competence
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Nature of Competence to Participate in Adjudication
1
38
Study 1
3
9
Method
3
2
Results
5
4
Discussion of Study 1
9
3
Study 2
12
4
Method
12
1
Results
13
3
Study 3
16
4
Method
16
1
Results
16
4
Study 4
20
6
Method
20
1
Results
20
3
Discussion of Studies 2, 3, and 4
23
3
Study 5
26
11
Method
26
2
Results
28
5
Discussion of Study 5
33
4
Conclusion
37
2
Adjudicative Competence in Legal Theory and Practice
39
14
Toward a Theory-Based Understanding
41
2
Values Served by the Competence Requirement
43
3
Dignity
43
1
Accuracy
44
1
Autonomy
45
1
Components of Adjudicative Competence
46
3
Competence to Assist Counsel
46
1
Decisional Competence
47
2
Limits of the Unitary View
49
1
Competence Adjudication in Practice
49
4
Development of an Adjudicative Competence Research Measure: The Network's Adjudicative Competence Research Agenda
53
38
The Limitations of First Generation Measures of Adjudicative Competence
53
3
The Research Agenda
56
1
Design and Development of the MacSAC-CD
57
11
General Design Features of the MacSAC-CD
57
2
Component Measures of the MacSAC-CD
59
2
Measures of Competence to Assist Counsel
61
4
Measures of Decisional Competence
65
2
Basic Findings from the Adjudicative Competence Pilot Study
67
1
The MacArthur Adjudicative Competence Field Studies
68
4
Overview and Hypotheses for the Field Studies
68
1
Research Objectives
69
3
Method
72
2
Participants
72
1
Measures
73
1
Procedure
74
1
Results I---Main Field Study (Male Defendants)
74
9
Sample Description
74
3
Psychometric Properties of the MacSAC-CD
77
1
Construct Validity of the MacSAC-CD
78
5
Results II---Female Defendants
83
4
Sample Description
83
1
Psychometric Properties
84
1
Construct Validity
85
2
Discussion
87
4
General Findings and Conclusions
87
2
Limitations
89
2
Research Issues in Adjudicative Competence
91
20
Study 1: Diagnosis, Mental Status, and Legal Capacity
91
7
Demographic and Criminal Justice Features of Diagnostic Groups
92
1
MacSAC-CD Performance by Diagnosis
93
3
Mental Status and MacSAC-CD Performance within Diagnostic Groups
96
2
Discussion
98
1
Study 2: A Comparison of Criteria for Adjudicative Competence
99
2
Assumption 1
99
1
Assumption 2
100
1
Assumption 3
100
1
Refining Experimental Groups: Groups HI(C) and JS
100
1
Results
101
2
Hypothesis 1
102
1
Hypothesis 2
102
1
Hypothesis 3
102
1
Discussion
103
1
Study 3: Comparison of Adjudicative Competence and Civil Competence
104
3
Abilities for Criminal Defendants with Schizophrenia
104
3
Results
107
2
Criminal Defendants' Performance on Civil Competence Measures
107
1
Comparisons of Performance Across Criminal and Civil Standards
108
1
Discussion
109
2
Development of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (The MacCAT-CA)
111
34
The MacCAT-CA
112
1
The NIMH Norming Study
113
1
Method
114
6
Selection of Study Sites
114
1
Selection of Participants
115
3
Selection of Measures
118
1
Procedures
119
1
Results
120
21
Sample Characteristics
120
3
Psychometric Properties of the MacCAT-CA
123
8
Interpretive Norms for the MacCAT-CA
131
6
Prediction/Classification Performance Characteristics
137
1
Patterns of Impairment Across Domains of Psycholegal Ability
138
3
Discussion
141
4
Clinical Utility of the MacCAT-CA
141
2
Cautions in the Use of the MacCAT-CA to Assess ``Competence''
143
2
New Research on Adjudicative Competence
145
10
The Competence-Related Abilities of Youth in Juvenile Court
146
4
The Competence-Related Abilities of Youth in Criminal Court
150
1
The MacCAT-CA and Defendants with Mental Retardation
151
1
Competence Assessment in Other Countries
152
2
Conclusion
154
1
References
155
6
Index
161