PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lande, Raymond G.
TI  - Disposition of Insanity Acquittees in the United States Military
DP  - 1990 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 303--309
VI  - 18
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/3/303.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/3/303.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1990 Sep 01; 18
AB  - Recent amendments to the United States Code of Military Justice have essentially adopted the federal mental nonresponsibility rule or insanity defense. The prior standard, as outlined in the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code, has been abandoned. Notably absent is a system to address the disposition of the military insanity acquittee. This raises concerns regarding recidivism and the military's role in mitigating potential dangerousness. Relevant civilian and military law is reviewed, two cases described, and possible remedies proposed.