SimLab graduate students Bradley J. Bartos, Matthew Renner, & Carol Newark along with SimLab Director Dr. Richard McCleary and UCI Criminology professor Dr. Nicholas Scurich have a forthcoming publication, “Restoration to Competency of Forensic Patients in California with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease”. The study focuses on criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial (IST) are sent to state hospitals for treatment to be restored to competency. IST patients diagnosed with dementia and related disorders present a particular challenge to clinicians, since they must be restored successfully within a statutorily mandated timeframe (e.g., 3 years in California for defendants charged with a felony offense). This study examined a comprehensive dataset that included all forensic patients served by California’s Department of State Hospitals from September 2003-February 2016. Download the manuscript here.
Manuscript under review: Restoration to Competency of Forensic Patients in California with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease
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