TY - JOUR
T1 - Oregon's Psychiatric Security Review Board
T2 - a comprehension system for managing insanity acquittees.
AU - Rogers, J. L.
AU - Bloom, J. D.
AU - Manson, S. M.
PY - 1986/3
Y1 - 1986/3
N2 - The insanity defense is a particularly controversial aspect of the interaction between law and mental health. During the past decade, many states have revised or abolished their insanity defenses. Oregon, however, chose in 1974 to retain its existing defense and create a new, unique system for the post-adjudication management of insanity acquitees. Oregon's legislature established the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), which is composed of five part-time members drawn from different disciplines, to conduct periodic hearings to determine the placement and supervision of defendants who successfully raise the insanity defense and remain mentally ill and dangerous. The PSRB has received national attention as a promising approach to managing mentally ill offenders. The authors first describe the structure and operation of the Oregon system. Then they summarize the empirical studies they have conducted of the PSRB in action.
AB - The insanity defense is a particularly controversial aspect of the interaction between law and mental health. During the past decade, many states have revised or abolished their insanity defenses. Oregon, however, chose in 1974 to retain its existing defense and create a new, unique system for the post-adjudication management of insanity acquitees. Oregon's legislature established the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), which is composed of five part-time members drawn from different disciplines, to conduct periodic hearings to determine the placement and supervision of defendants who successfully raise the insanity defense and remain mentally ill and dangerous. The PSRB has received national attention as a promising approach to managing mentally ill offenders. The authors first describe the structure and operation of the Oregon system. Then they summarize the empirical studies they have conducted of the PSRB in action.
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U2 - 10.1177/0002716286484001007
DO - 10.1177/0002716286484001007
M3 - Article
C2 - 10276577
AN - SCOPUS:0022916244
SN - 0002-7162
SP - 86
EP - 99
JO - The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
JF - The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
IS - 484
ER -