TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Attorney- client decision- making in criminal cases: Client competence and participation as perceived by their attorneys
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Hoge, Steven K.
A1  - Bonnie, Richard J.
A1  - Poythress, Norman
A1  - Monahan, John
SP  - 385
EP  - 394
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - The authors employed a structured interview to ascertain public defenders' perceptions of their clients' competence and the degree of their participation in the defense. In a sample of 122 randomly selected, non-dismissed felony cases, attorneys had doubts about the competence of 14.8% (n = 18) of their clients. Attorneys reported that clients whose competence was doubted were less involved in decision-making and, overall, were passive participants in their cases. Nearly one-half of these clients were not referred for assessment by a mental health professional. The authors compare the practices of attorneys faced with clients of suspected competence with those of mental health clinicians treating patients with impairments in decision-making capacity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370100308
ID  - ref1
ER  -