RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Guilty but Mentally Ill: The South Carolina Experience
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 41
OP 48
VO 16
IS 1
A1 Morgan, Donald W.
A1 McCullough, Thomas M.
A1 Jenkins, Peter L.
A1 White, William M.
YR 1988
UL http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/41.abstract
AB Thirty of the first 45 individuals to receive guilty but mentally ill (GBMI) verdicts in South Carolina were interviewed using a structured interview schedule for diagnosis. The relationship of diagnosis to pretrial evaluation and posttrial conviction treatment are discussed. No person received GBMI in a jury trial. Suggestions to improve the operation of the GBMI verdict are made, as well as a brief review of these data with data from other states.