[The application of criminal responsibility rating scale for suspects with mental retardation].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the feasibility of the criminal responsibility rating scale for suspects with mental retardation.


METHODS
Ninety six suspects with mental retardation were evaluated by trained professionals according to the scale, and the results were compared to the expert's opinion.


RESULTS
The scores of three groups (no, diminished, and responsibility group) were 12.25 +/- 2.06, 28.62 +/- 4.57, 44.41 +/- 5.17 respectively and were significant different among them. All items had statistical correlation with the total score of the scale. Five factors were extracted by means of the factor analysis and they could explain 70.919% of the variation. The accuracy of retrospective cumulative square was 92.7%.


CONCLUSIONS
The Criminal Responsibility Rating Scale has good reliability and validity, and can be used as a reference in assessment of criminal responsibility.
Dong
Ri-xia
RX
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. cndrx@sohu.com
Cai
Wei-xiong
WX
Tang
Taos
T
Huang
Fu-yin
FY
Liu
Chao
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012941:Social Responsibility; D055815:Young Adult