Barnard G W, Thompson J W, Freeman W C, Robbins L, Gies D, Hankins G C
University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1991;19(4):367-81.
The authors describe a Computer-Assisted Determination of Competency to Proceed (CADCOMP), a new instrument that collects data directly from the defendant through an interactive computer program and renders a report covering relevant historical, psychopathological, and legal information. The comprehensive report could be utilized by the clinician to focus the clinician's interview with the defendant on areas requiring further probing, thus reducing the time required to assess competency. Preliminary reliability and validity assessment studies are reported. The results support the predictive validity of CADCOMP used as a screening instrument and found the CADCOMP to be sufficiently reliable to be used for screening purposes.
作者们描述了一种计算机辅助的诉讼能力判定工具（CADCOMP），这是一种新工具，它通过交互式计算机程序直接从被告那里收集数据，并生成一份涵盖相关历史、心理病理学和法律信息的报告。临床医生可以利用这份综合报告，将对被告的访谈重点放在需要进一步探究的领域，从而减少评估诉讼能力所需的时间。文中报告了初步的信度和效度评估研究。结果支持了CADCOMP作为筛查工具的预测效度，并发现CADCOMP具有足够的信度可用于筛查目的。
