Brodsky, S. L. Zapf, P. A., & Boccaccini, M. T. (in press). Competency for execution assessments: Ethical continuities and professional tasks. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice.
Kahn, R., Zapf, P. A., & Cooper, V. G. (in press). Readability of Miranda warnings and waivers: Implications for evaluating Miranda comprehension. Law and Psychology Review.
Zapf, P. A., Skeem, J. L., & Golding, S. L. (in press). Factor structure and validity of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication. Psychological Assessment.
Ackerson, K. S., Brodsky, S. L., & Zapf, P. A. (2005). Judges' and psychologists' assessments of legal and clinical factors in competence for execution. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 11, 164-193.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2005). An investigation of the construct of competence: A comparison of the FIT, the MacCAT-CA, and the MacCAT-T. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 229-252.
Cooper, V. G., McLearen, A. M., & Zapf, P. A. (2004). Dispositional decisions with the mentally ill: Police perceptions and characteristics. Police Quarterly, 7, 295-310.
Cox, M. L. & Zapf, P. A. (2004). An investigation of discrepancies between mental health professionals and the courts in decisions about competency. Law and Psychology Review, 28, 108-131.
Cooper, V. G, & Zapf, P. A. (2003). Predictor variables in competency to stand trial decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 423-436.
Holloway, K. S., Brodsky, S. L., Boccaccini, M. T., & Zapf, P. A. (2003). Irrational and rational understandings of death: Issues of malingering and disordered thinking about death. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 21, 65-77.
Hubbard, K. L., & Zapf, P. A. (2003). The role of demographic, criminal, and psychiatric variables in examiners' predictions of restorability to competency to stand trial. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2, 145-155.
Hubbard, K. L., Zapf, P. A., & Ronan, K. A. (2003). Competency restoration: An examination of the differences between defendants predicted restorable and not restorable to competency. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 127-139.
Ryba, N. L., Cooper, V. G., & Zapf, P. A. (2003). Juvenile competence to stand trial evaluations: A survey of current practices and test usage among psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 499-507.
Ryba, N. L., Cooper, V. G., & Zapf, P. A. (2003). Assessment of maturity in juvenile competency to stand trial evaluations: A survey of practitioners. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 3, 23-45.
Viljoen, J. L., Roesch, R., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Zapf, P. A. (2003). The role of Canadian psychologists in conducting fitness and criminal responsibility evaluations. Canadian Psychology, 44, 369-381.
Viljoen, J. L., Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2003). Diagnosis, current psychiatric symptoms, and legal abilities. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 3, 23-37.
Zapf, P. A., Boccaccini, M. T., & Brodsky, S. L. (2003). Assessment of Competency for Execution: Professional Guidelines and an Evaluation Checklist. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 21, 103-120.
Zapf, P. A., & Viljoen, J. L. (2003). Issues and considerations regarding the use of assessment instruments in the evaluation of competency to stand trial. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 21, 351-367.
Boccaccini, M. T., Zapf, P. A., & Brodsky, S. (2002). Psychiatric patients' competency to collude with hospital police in "sting" operations: A case report and practice implications. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 1, 93-99.
Viljoen, J. L., Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (2002). Interrater reliability of the Fitness Interview Test across four professional groups. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 47, 945-952.
Viljoen, J. L., Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (2002). An examination of the relationship between competency to stand trial, competency to waive interrogation rights, and psychopathology. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 481-506.
Viljoen, J. L., & Zapf, P. A. (2002). Fitness to stand trial evaluations: A comparison of referred and non-referred defendants. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 1, 127-138.
Brodsky, S. L., Zapf, P. A., & Boccaccini, M. (2001). The last competency: An examination of legal, ethical, and professional ambiguities regarding evaluations of competence for execution. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 1, 1-25.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2001). A comparison of the MacCAT-CA and the FIT for making determinations of competency to stand trial. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 24, 81-92.
Zapf, P. A., Roesch, R., & Viljoen, J. L. (2001) Assessing fitness to stand trial: The utility of the Fitness Interview Test (revised edition). Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 46, 426-432.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2000). Mental competency evaluations: Guidelines for judges and attorneys. Court Review, 37, 28-35.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (1998). Fitness to stand trial: Characteristics of fitness remands since the 1992 Criminal Code amendments. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 43, 287-293.
Roesch, R., Ogloff, J. R. P., Hart, S. D., Dempster, R. J., Zapf, P. A., & Whittemore, K. E. (1997). The impact of Canadian criminal code changes on assessments of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 42, 509-514.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (1997). Assessing fitness to stand trial: A comparison of institution-based evaluations and a brief screening interview. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 16, 53-66.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (1997). Alternatives to inpatient evaluations of fitness to stand trial. Analise Psicologica, 15, 419-424.
Roesch, R., Hart, S. D., & Zapf, P. A. (1996). Conceptualizing and assessing competency to stand trial: Implications and applications of the MacArthur Treatment Competence Model. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2, 96-113.
Zapf, P. A., Roesch, R., & Hart, S. D. (1996). An examination of the relationship of homelessness to mental disorder, criminal behavior, and health care in a pretrial jail population. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 435-440.
Litwack, T., Zapf, P. A., Groscup, J. L., & Hart, S. D. (in press). Violence risk assessment: Research, legal, and clinical considerations. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.
Zapf, P. A., Golding, S. L., & Roesch, R. (in press). Criminal responsibility and the insanity defense. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (in press). Competency to stand trial: A guide for evaluators. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.
Zapf, P. A., Cox, D. N., & Roesch, R. (2004). Psychological perspectives on criminality. In R. Linden (Ed.), Criminology: A Canadian perspective (5th ed., pp. 260-291). Toronto, ON: Nelson Thompson Learning.
Zapf, P. A., Viljoen, J. L., Whittemore, K. E., Poythress, N. G., & Roesch, R. (2002). Competency: Past, present, and future. In J. R. P. Ogloff (ed.), Taking psychology and law into the twenty first century (pp. 171-198). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Nicholls, T. L., Hemphill, J. F., Boer, D. P., Kropp, P. R., & Zapf, P. A. (2001). The assessment and treatment of offenders and inmates: Specific populations. In R. Schuller & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), An introduction to law and psychology: Canadian perspectives (pp. 248-282). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2001). A comparison of American and Canadian conceptualizations of competence to stand trial. In R. Roesch, R. R. Corrado, & R. J. Dempster (Eds.), Psychology in the courts: International advances in knowledge, pp. 121-132. London: Routledge.
Cox, D. N., Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (2000). Psychological perspectives on criminality. In R. Linden (Ed.), Criminology: A Canadian perspective (pp. 238-269) (4th ed.). Toronto, ON: Harcourt Brace.
Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (2000). Competency issues in civil and criminal law: A comparison of competency measures. In A. Czerederecka, T. Jaskiewicz, & J. Wojcikiewicz (Eds.), Forensic psychology and law: Traditional questions and new ideas (pp. 34-40). Krakow, Poland: Institute of Forensic Research Publishers.
Golding, S. L., Skeem, J. L., Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (1999). The assessment of criminal responsibility: A historical approach to a current controversy. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 379-408). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., Golding, S. L., & Skeem, J. (1999). Defining and assessing competency to stand trial. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 327-349). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Roesch, R., Ogloff, J. R. P., Zapf, P. A., Hart, S. D., & Otto, R. (1998). Jail and prison inmates. In A. S. Bellack and M. Hersen (Series Eds.) and N. N. Singh (Vol. Ed.), Comprehensive clinical psychology: Vol. 9. Application in diverse populations. New York: Elsevier.
Cox, D. N., Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (1996). Psychological perspectives on criminality. In R. Linden (Ed.), Criminology: A Canadian perspective (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Harcourt Brace.
Zapf, P. A. (in press). Suicide Assessment Manual for Inmates (SAMI). Burnaby, BC: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., Eaves, D., & Webster, C.D. (1998). The Fitness Interview Test (Revised edition). Burnaby, BC: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2004). Psychology and the law. In W. E Craighead & C. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science (4th ed.) (pp. 751-753). New York: Wiley.
Zapf, P. A., & Galloway, V. A. (2002). Test review: Miller-Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test. American Psychology -Law Society News, 22, 16-18.
Roesch, R., & Zapf, P. A. (2001). Psychology and the law. In W. E Craighead & C. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science (3rd ed., Vol. 3, pp. 1295-1302.). New York: Wiley.
Brodsky, S. L., Zapf, P. A., Boccaccini, M. (1999). Post conviction relief: The assessment of competence for execution. Proceedings of Psychological Expertise and Criminal Justice: An APA/ABA Conference for Psychologists and Lawyers (vol. 2, pp. 189-201). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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