LaVan Melissa, LaVan Helen, Martin William M Marty
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Grand Island, NE, USA.
DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2017 May 16;24(6):866-887. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1316176. eCollection 2017.
A 10% random sample of 3543 cases litigated in the United States' civil and criminal courts were analysed using logistic regression to develop a model that can predict case outcomes for litigants with schizophrenia. Most predictors are related to case characteristics and not to the litigants' antecedents, behaviours or medication issues. Only the psychologist as an expert witness was found to be related to case outcome, but the concern is expressed that inadequate weight is given to expert testimony. Other significant findings include being represented by counsel, atypical medication and malingering.
对在美国民事和刑事法庭上进行诉讼的3543个案件的10%随机样本进行了分析，使用逻辑回归来建立一个模型，该模型可以预测精神分裂症诉讼当事人的案件结果。大多数预测因素与案件特征有关，而与诉讼当事人的既往史、行为或药物治疗问题无关。仅发现心理学家作为专家证人与案件结果有关，但有人担心专家证词未得到充分重视。其他重要发现包括由律师代理、非典型药物治疗和诈病。
