ABSTRACT
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 329 Legal Framework ........................................................................................................................ 330
Common Law Conceptions ................................................................................................. 330 Constitutional Contours ...................................................................................................... 330 Th e Legal Process .................................................................................................................. 331 Disposition of Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Proceed .................................. 331
Th e Clinical Forensic Evaluation of Competence to Proceed .............................................. 332 Gather Relevant Th ird-Party Information ........................................................................ 332 Notifi cation ............................................................................................................................ 333 Social History ......................................................................................................................... 334 Assessment of Competence to Proceed .............................................................................. 334 Assessment of Current Mental State ................................................................................... 338 Accessing Additional Th ird-Party Information ............................................................... 338 Special Issues in Competence Assessment ........................................................................ 338
Utility of Diagnosis .......................................................................................................... 338 Inquiring about the Defendant’s Behavior at and around the Time of the Alleged Off ense(s) ............................................................................................................. 339 Utility of Psychological Testing in Competence Evaluations ....................................340 Ultimate Issue Issues ........................................................................................................ 341
Report Writing ........................................................................................................................... 342 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 343 References .................................................................................................................................... 343 Legal References .........................................................................................................................344
