JUVENILE INSANITY

Commentary: the insanity defense and youths in juvenile court.

Juveniles, like adults, should be afforded the right to raise an insanity defense. In this commentary on the article by Morse and Bonnie on the abolition of the insanity defense, we explain why so few juveniles across the United States are granted access to the insanity defense and the reasons that they should have that option. We also consider whether the Delling case was the best suited vehic...

Insanity

Insanity plea: predicting not guilty by reason of insanity adjudications.

Using 35 variables and discriminant analysis procedures, it was found that, of 133 male defendants entering the insanity plea in Colorado, 87 percent were classified correctly into the disposition groups "adjudicated insane" and "convicted." Most positively related to an insanity adjudication were a psychiatric evaluation of insanity and a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Negatively related to the i...

Crime and Insanity

Images of Insanity

An examination of the way the cinema has dealt with mental illness and the introspective fascination with which it has mirrored the spirit of experimentation and fragmentation of the last decade.