Psychometric Properties of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool - Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Keywords
development & psychometrics of MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool–Criminal Adjudication, measurement of competence to participate in legal proceedings, 18–65 yr old felony defendants
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.10.4.435
Abstract
This article describes the development of a new clinical instrument for use in assessments of adult criminal defendants' competence to proceed to adjudication, the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA). The MacCAT-CA was derived from a more comprehensive research instrument (MacArthur Structured Assessment of Competencies of Criminal Defendants; Hoge, Bonnie, Poythress, Monahan, & Eisenberg, 1997) on the basis of considerations efface validity for use in legal contexts, psychometric analyses, and advice from mental health experts who reviewed an earlier prototype. This article presents the results from an National Institute of Mental Healthsponsored validation study that investigated the psychometric properties of the MacCAT-CA.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Psychological Assessment, v. 10, issue 4, p. 435-443
Scholar Commons Citation
Otto, Randy; Poythress, Norman; Nicholson, Robert A.; and Edens, John F., "Psychometric Properties of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool - Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)" (1998). Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications. 76.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/76
