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The need for mental competency was most recently addressed by the Supreme Court in Indiana v. Edwards, a case that helped to reinforce these fundamental constitutional rights for mentally ill defendants. The research also showed, though, that the criminal justice system is faced with some profound challenges in conducting mental health assessments in a rapid manner due in large part to the multifaceted evaluation approaches that are involved as well as limitations on the availability of law enforcement resources. In the final analysis, though, establishing the fitness for trial for mentally ill defendants early on is in everyone's best interests, because it helps divert these individuals from the criminal justice stream to one where the healthcare resources needed to help these individuals regain competency can be achieved and scarce resources can be better applied elsewhere in...

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Kertzman, S., Grinspan, H., Birger, M. & Shliapnikov, N. (2006). Simple real-time computerized tasks for detection of malingering among murderers with schizophrenia.

The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 43(2), 112-114.

Larrabee, G.J. (2005). Forensic neuropsychology: A scientific approach. New York: Oxford

Mathias, D. (2008). Difficult people. Criminal Law Blog Developments in Leading Appellate
Courts. Retrieved from http://nzcriminallaw.blogspot.com/2008/06/difficult-people.html.


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