ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 6

A Consultant's Survey of the Patients in a Maximum Security Hospital
Lester, D
Professor of psychology, Psychology Program Richard Stockton State College, NJ

Heller, MS
Clinical professor of psychiatry and director, Institute of Law and the Health Sciences, Temple University, PA

Ehrlich, SM
Research psychologist, Institute of Law and the Health Sciences, Temple University, PA

(Received 21 October 1985; accepted 24 February 1986)

Abstract

The patients at a state maximum security forensic facility were interviewed by a psychiatrist and their files reviewed. Only 43 of the 203 patients were judged to be suitable for the facility. Nearly 60% of the pretrial defendants were judged to be capable of proceeding to trial. Of the patients, 18% were judged to be malingering or avoiding trial or prison. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Keywords:
psychiatry, jurisprudence, mental illness, surveys

Paper ID: JFS11921J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11921J
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