Mentally disordered offenders and the law: Research update on the insanity defense, 2004–2019

dc.contributor.author	Adjorlolo, S.
dc.contributor.author	Chan, H.C.
dc.contributor.author	DeLisi, M.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-27T15:03:13Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-27T15:03:13Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10-06
dc.description	Research Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The insanity defense is among the most controversial legal constructs that has attracted the attention of scholars, practitioners and policy makers. Here, we conducted a systematic review of the literature spanning 2004 to 2019 that produced 58 studies of insanity defense research. Findings are organized according to: (1) assessments and assessment-related issues, (2) juror decision-making in defense trials, (3) characteristics of insanity acquittees, (4) release recommendations for insanity acquittees, (5) revocation of conditional release status of insanity acquittees, and (6) additional areas of insanity defense research. Implications of the research for the insanity defense and cognate legal issues are proffered	en_US
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101507
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33879
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Journal of Law and Psychiatry	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	67;
dc.subject	Insanity defense	en_US
dc.subject	Insanity plea	en_US
dc.subject	Psychopathology	en_US
dc.subject	Mentally disordered offenders	en_US
dc.title	Mentally disordered offenders and the law: Research update on the insanity defense, 2004–2019	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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