RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Insanity Plea: Predicting Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Adjudications
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 35
OP 39
VO 16
IS 1
A1 Richard W. Jeffrey
A1 Richard A. Pasewark
A1 Stephen Bieber
YR 1988
UL http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/35.abstract
AB Using 35 variables and discriminant analysis procedures, it was found that, of 133 male defendants entering the insanity plea in Colorado, 87 percent were classified correctly into the disposition groups “adjudicated insane” and “convicted.” Most positively related to an insanity adjudication were a psychiatric evaluation of insanity and a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Negatively related to the insanity verdict were diagnoses of substance use and personality disorders.