TY - JOUR
T1 - Mentally disordered offenders and the law
T2 - Research update on the insanity defense, 2004–2019
AU - Adjorlolo, Samuel
AU - Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)
AU - DeLisi, Matt
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Insanity defense
KW - Insanity plea
KW - Mentally disordered offenders
KW - Psychopathology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073505020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101507
DO - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101507
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31785724
AN - SCOPUS:85073505020
SN - 0160-2527
VL - 67
JO - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
M1 - 101507
ER -
