Psychometric Properties of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool - Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)

Randy Otto; Norman Poythress; Robert A. Nicholson; John F. Edens

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.10.4.435

Psychometric Properties of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool - Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)

Randy Otto, Norman Poythress, Robert A. Nicholson, John F. Edens

University of South Florida

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Psychological Assessment
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.10.4.435
State	Published - Jan 1 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

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Health Law and Policy
Law
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatric and Mental Health

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