Table 3 Characteristics of experts, cases, and reports
From: Use of assessment instruments in forensic evaluations of criminal responsibility in Norway
Variables | n | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Number of reports | 500 | |
Number of expertsa | 138 | (100) |
Male | 96 | (69.6) |
Female | 42 | (30.4) |
Total number of expertsb | 1005 | (100) |
Gender | ||
Male | 810 | (80.6) |
Female | 195 | (19.4) |
Profession | ||
Psychiatrists | 718 | (71.4) |
Psychologists | 283 | (28.2) |
Specialist internal medicine | 1 | – |
Specialist neurology | 2 | – |
Specialist toxicology | 1 | – |
Number of unique teams of experts | 243 | |
Number of experts per report | ||
1 | 3 | (0.6) |
2 | 490 | (98.0) |
3 | 6 | (1.2) |
4 | 1 | (0.2) |
Profession per report | ||
Only psychiatrists | 217 | (43.4) |
Psychologists and psychiatrists | 281 | (56.2) |
Only psychologists | 2 | (0.4) |
Gender per report | ||
Only male experts | 324 | (64.8) |
Both male and female experts | 157 | (31.4) |
Only female experts | 19 | (3.8) |
Main indictmentc | ||
Murder | 79 | (15.8) |
Attempted murder | 72 | (14.4) |
Violence or violent threat | 269 | (54.8) |
Sexual crime | 63 | (12.8) |
Other crimes | 7 | (1.4) |
Agreement between experts | 496 | (99.2) |
Clinical interview with defendant | 480 | (96.0) |
Defendant cooperated with experts | 454 | (90.8) |
Third party information collected | ||
Police records from current crime | 500 | (100) |
Health records hospitals | 361 | (72.2) |
Health records GPd | 155 | (31.0) |
Interview with family and friendse | 98 | (19.6) |
Prison records | 68 | (13.6) |
School records | 10 | (2.0) |