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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"NGRI"”.
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Indicators of delay between recommendation for community outpatient treatment and release into a conditional release program
… not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity (NGRI), appear to be at risk in several areas when confronted with the judicial system. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the factors which predict recidivism of NGRI patients in Community Out-patient Treatment (COT) also inhibit a …
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The 23: Racial and Other Demographic Differences in the Assignment of Risk Factors for Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Virginia
<p>Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) acquittees uniquely walk the line of involvement in both the criminal justice and mental health systems, both of which have literature indicating the presence of underlying racial biases related to practices and outcomes. The current study examined 366 …
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First impressions from the jury box: how the length of expert testimony influences mock trial deliberations
… case involving a Not Guilty by Insanity (NGRI) defense. This was the first study to use "thin slice" methodology to manipulate time exposed to expert testimony and assess reliability of witness credibility ratings over time. This study also examined the degree to which these impressions …
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Medication Adherence, Rates of Rehospitalization, and Depot Medications In Forensic Patients With A Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
… been opined Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) tend to have frequent bounce back hospitalizations from violating some aspect of their General Sessions Court order or from decompensation of their conditions. Nonadherence, one of the major factors, is increasingly regarded as one of the …
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Lay decision-making and the insanity defense: The impact of evidence, judicial instructions, case construals, and attitudes on attributions of criminal responsibility
… reducing the probability of Guilty and NGRI verdicts in comparison with traditional Model Penal Code instructions. Subjects reaching GBMI verdicts were not more confident of their decisions. Thought disorder affected perceptions of the defendant's capacity for appreciation of and control …
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Criminally responsible or insane? the influence of jurors' concept of self toward the insanity defense
… guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI). To measure locus of control, the investigator administered Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. As predicted, results indicated that participants' locus of control influenced their verdict and that internally oriented …