The impact of misdemeanor arrests on forensic mental health services: A state-wide review of Virginia sanity evaluations.

Brett O GardnerDaniel C MurrieAngela N Torres

Published in: Law and human behavior (2021)

The merits of pursuing the insanity defense in response to misdemeanor charges are questionable given the cost- and resource-intensive outcomes associated with insanity acquittals. Diversion strategies may be a more efficient response to those defendants with serious mental illness facing only misdemeanor charges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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