TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Subjective factors in the judgment of insanity
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Homant, Robert J.
A1  - Kennedy, Daniel B.
SP  - 38
EP  - 61
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - This research attempts to account for the variations in expert witnesses' judgments of insanity in a particular case. Three versions of a hypothetical insanity-defense case called Albert were randomly distributed to a sample of 1,002 psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, with usable returns being received from 262 subjects. A favorable opinion of Albert's insanity defense was found to correlate with being a psychiatrist, having a liberal ideology, being in favor of the insanity defense in general, and having received the "neutral," as opposed to the "sympathetic" or "unsympathetic," version of the case. A post hoc analysis also found that coming from a state that placed the burden of proof on the prosecution was associated with a favorable opinion of Albert's insanity defense. Taken together these variables accounted for 42% of the nonerror variance in opinions of Albert's insanity defense.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854887014001005
ID  - ref1
ER  -