Guilty but mentally ill: the South Carolina experience.
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.
Morgan
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Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29202.
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White
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime; D003416:Criminal Law; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013022:South Carolina