Research on competency evaluations demonstrated that
A) long, inpatient competency evaluations was the only valid way of determining competency
B) relatively short examinations could be conducted on an outpatient basis with little or not loss in effectiveness
C) inpatient evaluation was more efficient, but policy makers supported, cheaper outpatient evaluations anyway
D) most states have failed to adopt outpatient evaluations, despite the research
Correct Answer:
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Q22: The requirement that a defendant be competent
Q23: Competence to stand trial and the insanity
Q24: Mental health professionals perform
A) Many more evaluations
Q25: Psychometric measures used to evaluate competency should
Q26: For defendants, competence to plead guilty is
Q28: The legal standard for competence to stand
Q29: If a defendant is found incompetent to
Q30: Of those found incompetent to stand trial
Q31: Defendants who may be incompetent to stand
Q32: Defendants who act as their own lawyers
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