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Before and after Hinckley : Evaluating Insanity Defense Reform by Pamela C. Robbins, Henry J. Steadman, Margaret A. McGreevey, Joseph P. Morrissey and Lisa A. Callahan (1993, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGuilford Publications

ISBN-100898622808

ISBN-139780898622805

eBay Product ID (ePID)828609

Product Key Features

Number of Pages220 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBefore and after Hinckley : Evaluating Insanity Defense Reform

SubjectSocial Work, Forensic Psychology, Mental Health, Psychiatry / General

Publication Year1993

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, Psychology, Medical

AuthorPamela C. Robbins, Henry J. Steadman, Margaret A. Mcgreevey, Joseph P. Morrissey, Lisa A. Callahan

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN93-015172

IllustratedYes

SynopsisThe insanity acquittal of John Hinckley in June, 1982 for the attempted assassination of then President, Ronald Reagan, sparked a flurry of legislative rhetoric and public inquiry about how to stop such "abuses." State and federal legislators, buttressed by professional associations' resolutions for reform, responded with a wide array of proposals for statutory reform insanity defense. Based on six years of research--which constituted the largest study ever conducted of insanity defense pleas in the U.S.--this book describes the impact of the reforms instituted both before and after Hinckley's assassination attempt. In so doing, the volume offers the most authoritative, empirically sound answers to controversial questions about who uses the insanity defense, about its presumed abuses, and about what really happens when legislators respond to public pressure to tighten statutes.