We found a .higher rate of personality disorders than Frierson and Finkenbine (24% compared with 13%) (17). Personality disorders may not manifest with the same type of overt symptomatology as axis I disorders, and defendants with personality disorders may not be referred for psychiatric assessments as often as those with other diagnoses. The low rate of identified antisocial personality disorder (5%) seen in this study may reflect the lack of a structured personality disorder instrument, and clinicians may be reluctant to assign such a potentially pejorative diagnosis prior to a defendant's court appearance.