Discharge of NGRI Patient Successfully Challenged: Experts at Odds
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 19, Number 01, May/June 2017 , pp.1-3(3)
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Abstract:
The nagging problems of predicting the dangerousness of an insanity acquittee who seeks his discharge from a mental hospital are well illustrated in U.S.A. v. Mikawa, 849 F.3d 445 (8th Cir. 2017).Keywords: Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity (NGRI); risk assessment
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1: Executive Editor.