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Danielle Zachary

Research Question(s):
1. How successful is rehabilitation after an NGRI (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) verdict
is given?
2. How does NGRI vary among states?

Keywords:
 “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity”
 “insanity defense”
 “mentally insane”
 “non compos mentis”
 “law”

Research
1. Prerost, F. J. (2017). Insanity defense. Salem Press Encyclopedia. Retrieved from
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=ers&AN=95342910&site=eds-live&scope=site.

2. Redding, H. (2006). The insanity defense : the world over. Lanham, MD : Lexington
Books, c2006. Retrieved from
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00846a&AN=ucfl.024059503&site=eds-live&scope=site.

3. Holoyda, B. J., McDermott, B. E., & Newman, W. J. (2018). Insane Sex Offenders:
Psychiatric and Legal Characteristics of Sexual Offenders Found Not Guilty by Reason
of Insanity. Journal Of Forensic Sciences, 63(4), 1207–1214.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13707.

4. Green, D., Belfi, B., Griswold, H., Schreiber, J. M., Prentky, R., & Kunz, M. (2014).
Factors Associated with Recommitment of NGRI Acquittees to a Forensic
Hospital. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 32(5), 608–626.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2132

5. Langerman, J. (2018). The Montwheeler Effect: Examining the Personality Disorder

Exclusion in Oregon’s Insanity Defense. Lewis & Clark Law Review, 22(3), 1027–1062.
Retrieved from
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=lft&AN=132805382&site=eds-live&scope=site.

6. Miraglia, R., & Hall, D. (2011). The effect of length of hospitalization on re-arrest among
insanity plea acquittees. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Online, 39(4), 524-534.
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2012-02498-
009&cpidlogin.asp?custid=current&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
7. Holoyda, B., & Newman, W. (2016). Between belief and delusion: Cult members and the
Insanity Plea. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Online, 44(1), 53-62.
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2016-22584-
008&cpidlogin.asp?custid=current&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

8. Weiss, K. J., & Watson, C. (2008). NGRI and Megan's Law: no exit?. Journal of the
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, 36(1), 117-122.
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=edswss&AN=000254427300018&site=eds-live&scope=site.

9. Schweitzer, N. J., & Saks, M. J. (2011). Neuroimage evidence and the insanity
defense. Behavioral sciences & the law, 29(4), 592-607.
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com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=63394747&site=eds-live&scope=site.

10. Friedman, S. H., & Sorrentino, R. (2012). Commentary: postpartum psychosis,

infanticide, and insanity—implications for forensic psychiatry. Journal of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, 40(3), 326-332.
http://jaapl.org/content/40/3/326.

11. Breheney, C., Groscup, J., & Galietta, M. (2007). Gender matters in the insanity
defense. Law & Psychol. Rev., 31, 93.
https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/d1f2bd82-7626-4ee8-9a73-
870eee85cdf3/?context=1516831.

12. Yoong, G. (2012, April 11). Top 10 Most Notorious Insanity Defense Cases. Retrieved
February 18, 2019, from https://listverse.com/2012/04/11/top-10-most-notorious-insanity-
defense-cases/.

13. Mental Health America. (n.a). Position Statement 57: In Support of the Insanity Defense.
Retrieved February 18, 2019, from
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/positions/insanity-defense.

14. Feuerstein, S., Fortunati, F., Morgan, C. A., Coric, V., Temporini, H., & Southwick, S.
(2005). The insanity defense. Psychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township)), 2(9), 24-5.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993532/.

15. Wahl, O. F. (2003). News media portrayal of mental illness: Implications for public
policy. American Behavioral Scientist, 46(12), 1594-1600.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764203254615

16. Cornell Law School. (n.a). Insanity Defense. Retrieved February 18,2019, from
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/insanity_defense.

17. Findlaw. (n.a). The Insanity Defense Among the States. Retrieved February 18, 2019,
from https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/the-insanity-defense-among-the-
states.html.
18. Knoll IV, James., & Resnick, Phillip. (2008). Insanity Defense Evaluations- Basic
Procedures and Best Practices. Psychiatric Times, 25(14). Retrieved from
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/risk-assessment/insanity-defense-evaluations-basic-
procedure-and-best-practices.

19. Bloechl, A. L., Vitacco, M. J., Neumann, C. S., & Erickson, S. E. (2007). An empirical
investigation of insanity defense attitudes: Exploring factors related to bias. International
Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 30(2), 153-161. Retrieved from
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.03.007.

20. Torry, Z. D., & Billick, S. B. (2010). Overlapping universe: Understanding legal insanity
and psychosis. Psychiatric quarterly, 81(3), 253-262. Retrieved from
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-010-9134-2.

21. Palermo, G. B. (2014). Severe antisocial personality disordered and psychopathic

offenders: Should they be allowed to enter an insanity plea? International Journal of
Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 58(12), 1412–1414.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X14555962.

22. Jaffe, D.J., (2010). Our Legal System Still Does a Terrible Job of Handling the Mentally
Ill. Retrieved from https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/ngri/not-guilty-reason-insanity.html.

23. The Associated Press., (2018). Judge Rules Would-be Reagan Assassin John Hinkley
Can Move Out of His Mother’s House. Retrieved from
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-rules-would-be-reagan-assassin-john-
hinckley-can-move-n937471.

24. Jacewicz, Natalie. (2016). With No Insanity Defense, Seriously Ill People End Up in
Prison. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/health-
shots/2016/08/05/487909967/with-no-insanity-defense-seriously-ill-people-end-up-in-
prison.

25. Rosli, N. H. M., Yahya, B., & Bakar, A. K. A. (2011). Second opinion on insanity plea in a
murder and attempted suicide case: A case report. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 12(1),
117–121. Retrieved from
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2012-18156-013&site=eds-live&scope=site.

26. VanDercar, A. H., & Resnick, P. J. (2018). The insanity defense: Historical precedent
and modern application. Psychiatric Annals, 48(2), 95–101.
https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20180105-01.

27. Chappell, D. (2010). Victimisation and the insanity defence: Coping with confusion,
conflict and conciliation. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 17(1), 39–51.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13218710903443070.

28. Lilienthal, G., & Ahmad, N. (2017). Deconstructing the Criminal Defence of
Insanity. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 30(1), 151–169.
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29. Wikipedia contributors. (2019, January 29). Insanity defense. In Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:29, February 19, 2019,
from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Insanity_defense&oldid=880729151

30. Lamb, H. R., & Weinberger, L. E. (2017). Understanding and treating offenders with
serious mental illness in public sector mental health. Behavioral Sciences & the
Law, 35(4), 303–318.
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2017-26402-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

31. Melamed, Y. (2010). Mentally ill persons who commit crimes: Punishment or
treatment? Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 38(1), 100–
103. Retrieved from
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2010-07385-015&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

32. Chiles, C., Stefanovics, E., & Rosenheck, R. (2018). Attitudes of uS Psychiatry residents
and fellows towards mental illness and its causes: A comparison study with medical
students. Psychiatric Quarterly.
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n.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2018-01803-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site.