Comparing Institutionalization Periods and Subsequent Arrests of Insanity Acquittees and Convicted Felons

• NCJ Number: 81416
• Journal: Journal of Psychiatry and Law Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Dated: (Fall 1980) Pages: 305-316
• Author(s): M L Pantle; R A Pasewark; H J Steadman
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Forty-six defendants adjudicated 'not guilty by reason of insanity' (NGRI) between 1965 and 1971 were matched with a comparable group of defendants who had committed the same criminal act, pled guilty, and were imprisoned.

Abstract

Results indicated that: (1) as a group, the institutionalization time of NGRI acquittees did not differ significantly from the felons although institutionalization time did differ for specific offense categories; and (2) postinstitutional arrest rates of the NGRI and felon subjects were quite similar. (Author abstract)