Forensic treatment in the United States: A survey of selected forensic hospitals

Clark, Charles R.; Holden, Carol E.; Thompson, Judith S.; Watson, Patricia L.; Wightman, Lois H.

doi:10.1016/0160-2527(93)90016-8

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“…A handful of articles have described various psycholegal interventions or programs at inpatient facilities (Anderson & Hewitt, 2002;Brown, 1992;Clark, Holden, Thompson, Watson, & Wightman, 1993;Davis, 1985;Noffsinger, 2001;Pendleton, 1980;Wall, Krupp, & Guilmette, 2003). Although the articles were informative, they tended to lack strong methodological design (no baseline or comparative group), and/or they used poor measures (or no measures) to address the effectiveness of the interventions.…”

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Examining the effectiveness of an intervention designed for the restoration of competency to stand trial

Mueller

Wylie

2007

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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This study examined the effectiveness of the Fitness Game, an intervention created for the restoration of competency to stand trial. Of 28 participants who completed either the experimental or control intervention at Hawai'i State Hospital (HSH), it was found that both groups had significant pretest to posttest improvements on Understanding and Appreciation subsets of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA). However, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups on competency measures, indicating that the Fitness Game was not significantly more effective at restoring competency than non-legal programming. In other words, individuals committed to a psychiatric hospital for care and treatment were as likely to improve as those receiving additional specialized competency restoration treatment.

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