Stopping (or slowing) the revolving door: Factors related to NGRI acquittees' maintenance of a conditional release

The current study sought to extend the knowledge about factors associated w ith NGRI acquittees' maintenance of a conditional release after hospital di scharge. The medical and forensic records of 125 NGRI acquittees were revie wed to collect a variety of demographic, clinical, and aftercare factors. A hierarchial survival analysis approach to determining success was compared to data analysis strategies typically employed in the area. Survival analy sis, which accounts for both conditional release success status and time on conditional release, revealed that minority status, substance abuse diagno sis, and a prior criminal history were the factors that significantly predi cted conditional release revocation. Treatment and policy implications of t hese results are discussed.