The negligible effects of California's 1982 reform of the insanity defense test.
The negligible effects of California's 1982 reform of the insanity defense test.
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加州 1982 年精神错乱防御测试改革的影响可以忽略不计。
DOI：
10.1176/ajp.148.6.744
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发表时间：
1991
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通讯作者：
Callahan,LA
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作者：
McGreevy,MA;Steadman,HJ;Callahan,LA
作者的目标是确定是否改变了精神错乱测试在加州在1982年实际上影响了使用的精神错乱defeans.MethodThey收集了所有个人的信息谁进入精神错乱的抗辩（N= 1,300）和所有那些无罪释放的精神错乱的原因（N= 665）在七个县在加州3年前和3年后的精神错乱测试的变化。他们专注于是否加州的修订精神错乱测试影响的数量和速度的精神错乱的请求，数量和速度的精神错乱无罪开释，个人使用的辩护，目标罪行的特点，和精神错乱无罪开释的逗留时间。结论虽然改革没有直接影响使用的精神病辩护，作者假设，间接改变刑事判刑的做法，导致了减少的数量和速度的精神病抗辩和无罪开释。
ObjectiveThe authors' goal was to determine whether changing the insanity test in California in 1982 actually affected use of the insanity defense.MethodThey gathered information on all individuals who entered the insanity plea (N= 1,300) and all those acquitted by reason of insanity (N= 665) in seven counties in California 3 years before and 3 years after the change in the test of insanity. They focused on whether California's revision of the insanity test affected the number and rate of insanity pleas, the number and rate of insanity acquittals, the characteristics of individuals using the defense, the target offenses, and the length of stay of insanity acquittees.ResultsThe reform did not affect the rate of insanity pleas or acquittals, the characteristics of those using the defense, or their length of confinement.ConclusionsAlthough the reform had no direct effects on the use of the insanity defense, the authors hypothesize that an indirect change in criminal sentencing practices led to a decrease in the number and rate of insanity pleas and acquittals.