The insanity acquittal of John Hinckley in June, 1982 for the attempted assassination of then President, Ronald Reagan, sparked a flurry of legislative rhetoric and public inquiry about how to stop such "abuses." State and federal legislators, buttressed by professional associations' resolutions for reform, responded with a wide array of proposals for statutory reform insanity defense. Based on six years of research--which constituted the largest study ever conducted of insanity defense pleas in the U.S.--this book describes the impact of the reforms instituted both before and after Hinckley's assassination attempt. In so doing, the volume offers the most authoritative, empirically sound answers to controversial questions about who uses the insanity defense, about its presumed abuses, and about what really happens when legislators respond to public pressure to tighten statutes.
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Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., Policy Research Associates, Delmar, NY
Margaret A. McGreevy, M.A., Policy Research Associates, Delmar, NY
Joseph P. Morrissey, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Lisa A. Callahan, Ph.D., Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Pamela Clark Robbins, B.A., Policy Research Associates, Delmar, NY
Carmen Cirincione, Ph.D., Clemson, Greenville, MD
Margaret A. McGreevy, M.A., Policy Research Associates, Delmar, NY
Joseph P. Morrissey, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Lisa A. Callahan, Ph.D., Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Pamela Clark Robbins, B.A., Policy Research Associates, Delmar, NY
Carmen Cirincione, Ph.D., Clemson, Greenville, MD
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confinement patterns, dangerous mental disorder, affirmative insanity defense, release procedures for insanity acquittees, plea rate, county mental health director, four study states, insanity acquittals, plea data, mental health information service, other violent offenses, insanity defense laws, unsuccessful insanity pleas, insanity defense reform, insanity test, other treatment facility, insanity defendants, felony indictments, present mental condition, insanity proceedings, committing court, study counties, furlough order, insanity cases, ill verdict Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, John Hinckley, United States, Days Confined, Code Ann, Supreme Court, American Bar Association, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Insanity Defense Work Group, Jeffrey Dahmer, New Hampshire, President Ronald Reagan, The Impact of Adopting, American Law Institute, North Carolina, David Berkowitz, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota New!
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The picture in the February 13, 1992, issue of Time said it all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
confinement patterns, dangerous mental disorder, affirmative insanity defense, release procedures for insanity acquittees, plea rate, county mental health director, four study states, insanity acquittals, plea data, mental health information service, other violent offenses, insanity defense laws, unsuccessful insanity pleas, insanity defense reform, insanity test, other treatment facility, insanity defendants, felony indictments, present mental condition, insanity proceedings, committing court, study counties, furlough order, insanity cases, ill verdict Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, John Hinckley, United States, Days Confined, Code Ann, Supreme Court, American Bar Association, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Insanity Defense Work Group, Jeffrey Dahmer, New Hampshire, President Ronald Reagan, The Impact of Adopting, American Law Institute, North Carolina, David Berkowitz, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota New!
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- Criminal Procedure (Casenote Legal Education Series) by Joshua Dressler on page 67
- The Supreme Court (World Almanac Library of American Government) by Geoffrey M. Horn on page 47
- Presidents and Their Decisions - Ronald Reagan (paperback edition) by James D. Torr on page 66
- New York State by Louisa Campbell in Back Matter
- The Insanity Defense and the Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. by Lincoln Caplan in Back Matter
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- The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule by Michael Shermer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Almost A Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change by Paul S. Appelbaum on page 199
- Explorations in Criminal Psychopathology: Clinical Syndromes With Forsenic Implications by Louis B. Schlesinger on page 97
- Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society (Philosophy and Medicine) by L.S. Parker in Back Matter
- Preparation For Licensing And Board Certification Examinations in Psychology: The Professional Legal & Ethical Components (Brunner/Mazel Continu) by Robert G. Meyer in Back Matter
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