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Characteristics Dispositions and Subsequent Arrests of Defendants Pleading Insanity in a Rural State

NCJ Number
106889
Journal
Journal of Psychiatry and Law Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Dated: (Fall 1983) Pages: 345-360
Author(s)
R L Randolph; R A Pasewark
Date Published
1983
Length
16 pages
Annotation
Of 68 defendants pleading insanity in Wyoming in 1967-68, 2 were adjudicated insane.
Abstract
Defendants were primarily white, unskilled, or semiskilled males who had not completed high school. Their histories tended to be characterized by sporadic employment, substance abuse, and prior arrests. Although only two were adjudicated insane, the rates of dismissal and nolle prosequi were considerably higher than those for other arrestees. (Publisher abstract)