ILK™

Inventory of Legal Knowledge™

Purpose: Assesses response styles of defendants undergoing evaluations of adjudicative competence

Format: Paper and pencil, E-Manual

Age range: 12 years to 79 years

Time: 15 minutes

DETAILS:

The ILK is designed to assist the forensic examiner in assessing the response styles of defendants undergoing evaluations of adjudicative competence. The ILK is not a test of adjudicative competence; rather, it is a measure of a defendant’s approach to inquiries about his or her legal knowledge.

• Written in simple language, the ILK contains 61 true-or-false items about the legal process.

• Orally administered by an examiner in about 15 minutes, the ILK can be used anywhere—including jails and other secure facilities—and scored quickly.

• To detect feigned deficits in legal knowledge, the ILK utilizes two strategies: one based on scores that are significantly lower than scores expected by chance, and a second based on scores that are significantly lower than those attained by relevant normative groups.