The Insanity Defense

Lymburner, Jocelyn; Roesch, Ronald

doi:10.1016/s0160-2527(99)00006-0

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“…Neither of our main effect predictions was supported by the analysis. Prior research indicating that women are both more likely to use a psychiatric plea in filicide cases (Wilczynski, 1997) and more likely to be acquitted for filicide than men (Armstrong, 1999; Lymburner & Roesch, 1999), as well the very strong cultural norm that women are non‐aggressive (White & Kowalski, 1998) led to our prediction that female early filicidal perpetrators would be pathologized more than would male early filicidal perpetrators. However, our analysis indicates no such relationship.…”

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“…Given the higher perceived prevalence of mothers killing their children than fathers, the stigmatization of female criminals as mentally ill, and the strong normative dictate that women be good mothers, would maternal filicide perpetrators be judged differently from paternal filicide perpetrators? Despite factors suggesting that female perpetrators of filicide would be judged more harshly than male perpetrators, archival research indicates that women are acquitted more often for the crime of filicide than are men (Armstrong, 1999; Lymburner & Roesch, 1999). Some archival research also indicates that women are more likely to use a psychiatric plea and to be dealt with through the use of informal, treatment‐oriented methods, whereas men tend to receive more custodial sentences (Wilczynski, 1997).…”

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Effects of Sex and Race of Perpetrator and Method of Killing on Outcome Judgments in a Mock Filicide Case

Dunn¹,

Cowan²,

Downs³

2006

J Applied Social Pyschol

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The present study examined college student mock jurors' judgments of legal insanity, outcome severity, and death-penalty decisions in a filicide case. The sex and race of perpetrator (Black or White) and method of killing (shooting or smothering) were varied in a between-subjects design. A 3-way interaction was found for outcome severity, supporting Jones & Davis' (1965) attributional principle of stronger dispositional attributions for unexpected behaviors. As predicted, White women were judged more severely when they used a gun compared to when they smothered, whereas White men were judged more severely when they smothered compared to when they used a gun. The most severe judgments were made for Black male perpetrators who used a gun. Results are discussed in terms of sex and racial stereotypes.

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Effects of Sex and Race of Perpetrator and Method of Killing on Outcome Judgments in a Mock Filicide Case

Dunn¹,

Cowan²,

Downs³

2006

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Mental Health Law and Policy and Crime

Davidson¹

2015

The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment

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Throughout history, the US legal system has enacted specific policies designed to address the special needs of persons with a mental illness who come into contact with the system. The system has long recognized the impact of serious mental illness on criminal intent and culpability. For this reason, safeguards are in place to protect from criminal punishment anyone whose impaired mental state at the time of the crime prevented him/her from understanding the wrongfulness of his/her actions, or whose state of mind at the trial impedes the ability to participate in his/her own defense. In addition, therapeutic alternatives to the traditional court‐processing model have been developed to serve as a mechanism by which the criminal justice system can be utilized as an avenue for the treatment of individuals with debilitating mental illness.

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