Guilty but mentally ill: the South Carolina experience |
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| Authors: | D W Morgan T M McCullough P L Jenkins W M White |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29202. |
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| Abstract: | Thirty of the first 45 individuals to receive guilty but mentally ill (GBMI) verdicts in South Carolina were interviewed using a structured interview schedule for diagnosis. The relationship of diagnosis to pretrial evaluation and posttrial conviction treatment are discussed. No person received GBMI in a jury trial. Suggestions to improve the operation of the GBMI verdict are made, as well as a brief review of these data with data from other states. |
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