Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

services available for people in prisons with mental ill-

nesses and the disproportionate number of prisoners

who suffer from a mental illness, the reality is that

many people with mental illnesses do not receive the

treatment they require when they are in prison—regard-

less of whether they have been found GBMI or not.

Despite the criticisms of the GBMI verdict and the

general lack of support for it, the verdict has proven quite

popular with politicians. Since its inception 25 years ago,

at least 20 states have enacted GBMI provisions.

James R. P. Ogloff

See also Insanity Defense Reform Act (IDRA); M’Naghten

Standard

Further Readings

Blunt, L. W., & Stock, H. V. (1985). Guilty but mentally ill:

An alternative verdict. Behavioral Sciences and the Law,

8,49–67.

Melville, J. D., & Naimark, D. (2002). Punishing the insane:

The verdict of guilty but mentally ill. Journal of the

American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 30,553–555.

People v. McQuillan, 392 Mich. 511, 221 N.W.2d 569 (1974).

Guilty but Mentally Ill Verdict——— 343

G-Cutler (Encyc)-45463.qxd 11/18/2007 12:43 PM Page 343