RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Part II: Sex Differences in Persons Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Analysis of Data from the Connecticut NGRI Registry
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 129
OP 142
VO 18
IS 2
A1 Zonana, Howard V.
A1 Bartel, Roxanne L.
A1 Wells, James A.
A1 Buchanan, Josephine A.
A1 Getz, Marjorie A.
YR 1990
UL http://jaapl.org/content/18/2/129.abstract
AB Thirty-one female insanity acquittees from Connecticut were matched to a group of 31 male NGRls. The samples were compared with regard to demographic, criminal, and clinical characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine predictors of criminal recidivism for the sample. Results indicated that women NGRls were older, more likely to be married, less likely to be substance abusers, had less extensive criminal records, and were released from hospitals sooner than the men. A significant racial difference was noted: white women had less extensive criminal records and were hospitalized for shorter periods than minority women. Results of the logistic regression analyses showed that the strongest independent predictors of criminal recidivism were race and having a diagnosis other than psychosis (schizophrenia, affective or organic disorders). Findings support recent APA policy guidelines on the insanity defense.