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

O. Gardner, Brett; C. Murrie, Daniel; N. Torres, Angela

doi:10.1037/lhb0000417

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

Published in Law and Human Behavior • Aug 1, 2020

Authors:

Brett O. Gardner

Daniel C. Murrie

Angela N. Torres

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We examined the prevalence of criminal defendants facing only misdemeanor charges and referred for forensic mental health evaluations of legal sanity (criminal responsibility) in a state-wide sample of sanity reports. We sought to describe this population of defendants, particularly as co...

Subject

Sanity

Misdemeanor

Legal psychology

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