RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Commentary: The Insanity Defense and Youths in Juvenile Court
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 496
OP 500
VO 41
IS 4
A1 Jamison E. Rogers
A1 Wade C. Myers
YR 2013
UL http://jaapl.org/content/41/4/496.abstract
AB Juveniles, like adults, should be afforded the right to raise an insanity defense. In this commentary on the article by Morse and Bonnie on the abolition of the insanity defense, we explain why so few juveniles across the United States are granted access to the insanity defense and the reasons that they should have that option. We also consider whether the Delling case was the best suited vehicle to argue for extending constitutional protection to the insanity defense nationwide.