Comparison of two screening tests of competency to stand trial for defendants with mental retardation.
Scores for the four terms found by Smith and Hudson to predict competency to stand trial in defendants with mental retardation correlated significantly (r = .65) with scores on the Competency Screening Test (N = 34). Agreement between sets of scores was 84%.
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Pee Dee Regional Center, Florence, South Carolina 29502-3209, USA.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results