Callahan L A, Robbins P C, Steadman H J, Morrissey J P
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
Psychiatr Q. 1995 Summer;66(2):103-17. doi: 10.1007/BF02238858.
Montana abolished the affirmative insanity defense in 1979. In this article we examine the effect of this change by focusing on all defendants who raised mental health in his/her defense from 1976 to 1985. We found that while post-reform insanity acquittals did dramatically decline, there was a corresponding rise in findings of incompetent to stand trial with charges dismissed, perhaps negating the desired impact. We also compared the defendants and the legal process, finding no significant differences pre to post reform.
蒙大拿州于1979年废除了肯定性精神错乱辩护。在本文中，我们通过关注1976年至1985年期间所有以心理健康为由进行辩护的被告，来研究这一变化的影响。我们发现，虽然改革后因精神错乱而宣告无罪的情况大幅下降，但因无受审能力而驳回指控的裁决相应增加，这可能抵消了预期的影响。我们还比较了被告和法律程序，发现改革前后没有显著差异。
