Assessing negative response bias in competency to stand trial evaluations / Steve Rubenzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubenzer, Steven J., 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic psychiatry.

Criminal psychology.

Competency to stand trial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2018

Summary:

This work provides readers with a comprehensive guide to assessing whether a defendant has feigned mental impairment during a competency to stand trial evaluation, or simply did not put forth his/her best effort. This text reviews the literature on assessing feigning and negative response bias, with particular focus on issues, tests and data relevant to CST evaluations, and examines proposed criteria and statistical methods of determining and classifying assessment results.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. The Evaluation: Data Gathering and Interview Strategy 3. CST Instruments and General Clinical Measures 4. Instruments for Assessing Feigned or Exaggerated Psychopathology 5. Tests of Feigned or Exaggerated Cognitive Impairment 6. Measures of Feigned or Exaggerated Incompetence 7. Means of Combining or Summarizing Data 8. Special Problems and Populations in Feigned Incompetence 9. Report Writing and Testimony 10. A Survey of Competency to Stand Trial Examiners 11. Systemic, Policy, and Research Issues

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-065318-3

0-19-065317-5

0-19-065319-1