Adjudicative Competence

1: The Nature of Competence to Participate in Adjudication.- Study 1.- Study 2.- Study 3.- Study 4.- Study 5.- Conclusion.- 2: Adjudicative Competence in Legal Theory and Practice.- Toward a Theory-Based Understanding.- Values Served by the Competence Requirement.- Components of Adjudicative Competence.- Limits of the Unitary View.- Competence Adjudication in Practice.- 3: Development of an Adjudicative Competence Research Measure: The Network’s Adjudicative Competence Research Agenda.- The Limitations of First Generation Measures of Adjudicative Competence.- The Research Agenda.- Design and Development of the MacSAC-CD.- The MacArthur Adjudicative Competence Field Studies.- Method.- Results I—Main Field Study (Male Defendants).- Results II—Female Defendants.- Discussion.- 4: Research Issues in Adjudicative Competence.- Study 1: Diagnosis, Mental Status, and Legal Capacity.- Discussion.- Study 2: A Comparison of Criteria for Adjudicative Competence.- Results.- Discussion.- Study 3: Comparison of Adjudicative Competence and Civil Competence.- Results.- Discussion.- 5: Development of the Macarthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (The MacCAT-CA).- The MacCAT-CA.- The NIMH Norming Study.- Method.- Results.- Discussion.- 6: New Research on Adjudicative Competence.- The Competence-Related Abilities of Youth in Juvenile Court.- The Competence-Related Abilities of Youth in Criminal Court.- The MacCAT-CA and Defendants with Mental Retardation.- Competence Assessment in Other Countries.- Conclusion.- References.