Development and Preliminary Validation of the Mosley Forensic Competency Scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2429115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dan Mosley, Bruce A Thyer (0000-0003-3864-9115), Christopher Larrison, Christopher R Larrison (0000-0002-2380-0882) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-48 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j137v04n01_03 |
| OpenAlex | W2092573813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
The Mosley Forensic Competency Scale (MFCS) is a 21-item true-false questionnaire intended for use as an assessment tool in forensic evaluations of competency to stand trial. Using a cutting scoreof 17 or higher asreflective ofcompetence, acomparison ofMFCS scoreswithforensicexaminer determinationsand court decisionspertain-ing to the competence of 75 prisoners found the new scale to possess excellent predictive validity. Suggestionsfor further validation studieson theMFCSareprovided
Competence (human resources · Forensic psychiatry · Forensic science · Medical education · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio · Child Abuse and Trauma · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Medicine · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |