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Title
A Descriptive Study of Incompetent to Stand Trial and Non-Restorable Defendants in Pinal County Arizona
Description
This thesis examines the demographic, clinical, and criminal characteristics and discharge dispositions of pre-trial defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial and non-restorable (IST/NR) in Pinal County Arizona. Currently, there is limited research on defendants who are deemed IST/NR and even less so on discharge dispositions. The study utilized comparative descriptive analysis of secondary data collected by the Pinal County Attorney Offices on IST/NR defendants and restored defendants. It employed chi-square analyses to compare key variables between defendant groups. The study found few variations in clinical, legal, and criminal characteristics observed by previous studies and no statistical differences amongst IST/NR and restored defendants. However, it found the re-offense rate of IST/NR defendants in Pinal County was considerably lower than the general prison population. Moreover, it identified a narrow use of civil commitment procedures and guardianship amongst the IST/NR defendants who have a mental illness. Implications for further research and policy for Pinal County and Arizona are made.
Date Created
2017
Contributors
- Snyder, Matthew Mark (Author)
- Shafer, Michael S (Thesis advisor)
- Fradella, Henry F. (Committee member)
- Ashford, José B. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
72 pages
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44096
Level of coding
minimal
Note
Masters Thesis Social Work 2017
System Created
- 2017-06-01 01:36:19
System Modified
- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 2 years 8 months ago
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