RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Washington's Senate Bill 6610 on Transferring Provisions for Persons Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
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 253
OP 260
VO 40
IS 2
A1 Jennifer Piel
A1 Edward Goldenberg
YR 2012
UL http://jaapl.org/content/40/2/253.abstract
AB In Washington state, public concern about the potential dangerousness of mentally ill offenders has led to increasing legislative efforts to contain them in secure settings. A recently enacted law authorizes the transfer of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity from state psychiatric hospitals to prison facilities. The authors review the recent legislation and discuss some of the legal, policy, and clinical ramifications of the law.