Forensic assessment in the time of COVID-19: The Colorado experience in developing videoconferencing for evaluating adjudicative competency.

IF 2.3 3区社会学 Q2 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Psychology Public Policy and Law Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI:10.1037/law0000320

Loandra Torres, Christina P. Gliser, Dana L. Formon, Naoko Hashimoto, B. T. Gray

引用次数: 3

Abstract

In this article, we briefly discuss how competency to proceed evaluations are conducted within the state of Colorado, the impact that COVID-19 had on forensic evaluations within the Colorado forensic services system, and the acquisition and adoption of videoconferencing (VC) capabilities. We then shift to an in-depth consideration of how VC forensic evaluations are facilitated in four different contexts: for adult defendants in custody, on bond, and in hospitals, and for juvenile defendants. Challenges and limitations are also addressed.

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2019冠状病毒病时期的法医评估:科罗拉多州开发用于评估裁决能力的视频会议的经验。

在本文中，我们简要讨论了如何在科罗拉多州进行能力评估，COVID-19对科罗拉多州法医服务系统内法医评估的影响，以及视频会议(VC)功能的获取和采用。然后，我们转向深入考虑如何在四种不同的情况下促进VC法医评估:成年被告在押、保释、医院和青少年被告。还讨论了挑战和限制。

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