RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Commentary: Restorability of Incompetence to Stand Trial—Implications Beyond Predictive Equations
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 44
OP 46
VO 35
IS 1
A1 Gregory B. Leong
YR 2007
UL http://jaapl.org/content/35/1/44.abstract
AB Since the United States Supreme Court ruling in Sell v. U.S. (539 U.S. 166 (2003)), the prediction of which incompetent criminal defendants are likely to be restored has assumed greater importance. A sophisticated mathematical approach shows promise in achieving this goal. But perhaps more importantly, the data used to construct the predictive equations for restorability yielded findings that may have far-reaching implications involving psychiatry and the community at large.