OBJECTIVE State of Washington v. Sisouvanh (2012) was the first case in which an appellate court asserted the need for cultural competence in competency-to-stand-trial evaluations. A court reiterated this need in State of Washington v. Ortiz-Abrego (2017). Research in forensic psychology seldom addressed cultural considerations in pretrial evaluations until this past decade, but the growing body of literature pales in comparison to the work found in clinical and counseling psychology. Most of the current literature acknowledges the lack of professionally sanctioned practice guidelines and makes valuable suggestions regarding how to address cultural factors that are relevant to the requisite capacities of legal competency. Yet, none of this research addresses potential risks incurred by the evaluators who attempt to incorporate these suggestions into practice or acknowledges the possible incompatibility between forensic and cultural competency principles. HYPOTHESES The authors posit there may be areas of incompatability, or tension, between the tenets of forensic psychology and cultural competency. METHOD To examine this potential incompatibility, we reviewed legal cases with cultural implications, addressed recent developments regarding cultural "incompetence," and conducted an overview of cultural competency in clinical and forensic psychology. RESULTS Comparing general principles of forensic psychology with those of cultural responsiveness and humility, we found that questions emerged regarding the potential philosophical conflicts as well as risks that may be incurred by individual evaluators in legal settings. CONCLUSIONS The resultant dilemma sets the stage for pragmatic suggestions regarding communication, assessment, and diagnosis. Finally, we emphasize the need for sanctioned practice guidelines. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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一种令人不安的紧张：调和法医心理学和文化能力的原则。

目标 华盛顿州诉 Sisouvanh（2012 年）是上诉法院断言在出庭能力评估中需要文化能力的第一起案件。法院在 State of Washington v. Ortiz-Abrego (2017) 一案中重申了这一需要。直到过去十年，法医心理学的研究很少涉及审前评估中的文化因素，但与临床和咨询心理学的工作相比，越来越多的文献显得苍白无力。目前的大多数文献都承认缺乏专业认可的实践指南，并就如何解决与法律能力的必要能力相关的文化因素提出了宝贵的建议。然而，这些研究都没有解决试图将这些建议付诸实践的评估人员所面临的潜在风险，也没有承认法医和文化能力原则之间可能存在的不相容性。假设 作者假设在法医心理学和文化能力的原则之间可能存在不相容或紧张的领域。方法 为了检查这种潜在的不相容性，我们回顾了具有文化影响的法律案件，解决了有关文化“无能”的最新发展，并对临床和法医心理学中的文化能力进行了概述。结果 将法医心理学的一般原则与文化反应和谦逊的原则进行比较，我们发现出现了关于潜在的哲学冲突以及个人评估者在法律环境中可能招致的风险的问题。结论 由此产生的困境为关于沟通、评估和诊断的务实建议奠定了基础。最后，我们强调需要经过批准的实践指南。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。