Maintenance of an insanity defense under Montana's "abolition" of the insanity defense.
Maintenance of an insanity defense under Montana's "abolition" of the insanity defense.
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在蒙大拿州“废除”精神错乱辩护的情况下维持精神错乱辩护。
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10.1176/ajp.146.3.357
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发表时间：
1989
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通讯作者：
Morrissey,JP
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作者：
Steadman,HJ;Callahan,LA;Robbins,PC;Morrissey,JP
1979年，蒙大拿州的精神错乱辩护被更具限制性的男性行为抗辩所取代，这一变化被描述为精神错乱辩护被“废除”的一个例子。作者发现，在1979年改革之前的3年和改革后的3年里，蒙大拿州的7个县都存在心理健康问题。他们发现，基于精神错乱抗辩的无罪释放明显减少，但在改革后，基于无能力受审的解雇大幅增加。他们的结论是，以无能力受审为依据的解雇取代了以精神错乱抗辩为基础的无罪释放。
In 1979, Montana's insanity defense was replaced with the more restrictive mens rea defense, a change that has been described as an example of" abolition" of the insanity defense. The authors identified cases in which mental health was an issue in seven Montana counties for 3 years before and 3 years after the 1979 reform. They found that acquittals based on the insanity plea markedly declined, but that dismissals based on incompetence to stand trial increased substantially following the reform. They conclude that dismissal based on incompetence to stand trial became a substitute for acquittal based on the insanity plea under mens rea.