title: [Development of an expert system for assessment of criminal responsibility capacity of mentally ill offenders].
abstract: The objective of this study was to develop an expert system for the assessment of legal capacity (ESALC). Visual Basic for Windows 3.0 was employed in establishing ESALC, and 281 cases were assessed by the system. The results were in substantial agreement with those of expert assessment. Kappa = 0.68 (P < 0.01); accuracy 90.04%, sensitivity, 85.63% and specificity 96.49%. ESALC can be used as a supplementary instrument in forensic psychiatric assessment.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense