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The insanity sentence: Oregon's psychiatric security review board
Author(s) -
Rogers Jeffrey L.,
Bloom Joseph D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370030106
Subject(s) - insanity , sentence , insanity defense , commit , revocation , mentally ill , criminal justice , prison , psychology , computer security , psychiatry , dilemma , criminology , computer science , mental illness , mental health , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology , database , overhead (engineering) , operating system
In response to the dilemma of management of mentally ill persons who commit crimes, Oregon has created the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) to administrate the supervision and treatment of insanity acquittees. This paper presents an overview of the PSRB structure and examines the quasi‐criminal justice features of Oregon's Insanity Sentence. The primary goal of the PSRB is the protection of societý. The maximum sentence, had the individual been found guilty, becomes the PSRB's jurisdictional period for that former defendant. A review of the administrative rules for conditional release and revocation of release that the PSRB is now in the process of adopting are described. The authors conclude that the PSRB is a promising approach which offers better community protection and better treatment for mentally ill offenders (NGRIs) than does the present prison parole system.