Retrospective Assessment
Definition
Evaluation of functioning at a past relevant time using available evidence.
Related terms
- Clinical Diagnosis
- A clinical classification that does not itself establish a jurisdiction-specific legal defence.
- Cognitive Test
- A legal responsibility formulation concerning relevant knowledge or appreciation.
- Executive Functions
- Processes supporting planning, inhibition, monitoring and related goal-directed activity.
- Mitigation
- Evidence or circumstances relevant to reducing blame or sentence under the applicable law.
- Model Provision
- A proposed legal formulation that becomes operative only through the relevant adoption or authority.
- Neurolaw
- The study of relationships between neuroscience and legal questions.
- Volitional Element
- A responsibility criterion concerning ability to control conduct under the applicable law.
Explained in these topics
- Neurolaw: Frontal-Lobe Evidence and Criminal ResponsibilityAn evaluation drawing inferences about functioning at an earlier time.
- The Insanity Defence: Legal Tests and Assessment