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International Journal of Law and Psychiatry | 2009

Effects of advanced age and dementia on restoration of competence to stand trial.

Douglas R. Morris; George F. Parker

Elderly defendants (age 65+) and defendants with dementia adjudicated incompetent to stand trial and hospitalized for restoration to competence (RTC) often present unique challenges to clinicians charged with their restoration. In this study, we attempted to better identify predictors of successful RTC by building upon previous research correlating increased age with decreased likelihood of RTC. We identified elderly non-demented defendants (n=31) and defendants diagnosed with dementia (n=47) from a state database of 1380 individuals hospitalized for competence restoration from 1988-2004. Using regression analysis and correcting for demographic variables and common admission psychiatric diagnoses, we studied the relationship of age at hospital admission and dementia diagnosis on the likelihood of successful RTC. Both advanced age and dementia diagnosis were associated with decreased RTC. After correcting for dementia diagnosis, increased age retained its negative correlation with restoration success. Both elderly non-demented defendants and defendants diagnosed with dementia were significantly less likely to be restored to competence than all other RTC admissions (n=1302). However, a substantial percentage of both demented and elderly non-demented defendants were successfully restored to competence, potentially justifying restoration attempts for both of these groups of defendants.


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2018

Sovereign Citizens and Competency to Stand Trial

George F. Parker

Urban and African-American sovereign citizens represent an underappreciated population of the sovereign citizen movement, who have adapted sovereign citizen beliefs to their own circumstances, overlooking the white supremacist origins of the sovereign citizen movement. The number of African-American sovereign citizens is not known, but though they appear to represent a very small percentage of criminal defendants referred for evaluation of competence to stand trial, they have a disproportionate impact on the court system because of their efforts to stymie the proceedings by asserting sovereign citizen beliefs. As a result, judges are often familiar with sovereign citizen beliefs and have adopted strategies to thwart the impact of sovereign citizens on their courts. Quantitative research on forensic evaluations of sovereign citizens, from all demographic groups, represents a challenge, given the low number of defendants referred for evaluation, but qualitative research on how they came to adopt sovereign citizen beliefs could be fruitful.


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2004

Outcomes of Assertive Community Treatment in an NGRI Conditional Release Program

George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2008

Jackson's Indiana: State Hospital Competence Restoration in Indiana

Douglas R. Morris; George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2012

The Quandary of Unrestorability

George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2014

DSM-5 and psychotic and mood disorders.

George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2014

Competence to Stand Trial Evaluations of Sovereign Citizens: A Case Series and Primer of Odd Political and Legal Beliefs

George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2009

Indiana v. Davis: Revisiting Due Process Rights of Permanently Incompetent Defendants

Douglas R. Morris; George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2016

Come See the Bias Inherent in the System

George F. Parker


Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2011

An historical review of the legal and personal background to Jackson v. Indiana.

George F. Parker

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