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CONTACT
rbonnie@virginia.edu
(434) 924-3209
Room WB179D

ASSISTANT
Crystal Smith

SUBJECTS
Psychiatry, criminal law, mental health and drug law, public health law, bioethics, human rights and psychiatry, death penalty, aging and the law, insanity and competency

Institute of Law,
Psychiatry and Public Policy

C.V.

Publications
Current Courses
All Courses
In the Media

• "Don't Help Arm the Mentally Ill" (Co-author) (The Hill, 06/13/2013)
• "The Teenage Brain: How Do We Measure Maturity?" (Huffington Post, 03/29/2013)
• "Shootings Refocus Attention on Mental Health Gaps" (The Virginian-Pilot, 01/27/2013)
• "UVA Professor Testifies on Sandy Hook Panel" (WINA, 01/25/2013)
• "Conn. Governor's Newtown Panel Meets for 1st Time" (Associated Press, 01/24/2013)
• "Sandy Hook Panel Zooms in on School Safety, Trauma" (USA Today, 01/24/2013)
• "Criminal Charges Weighed in Newtown Deaths" (Connecticut Post, 01/24/2013)
• "Ex-Gov. Bill Ritter to Speak at Sandy Hook Panel" (The Denver Post, 01/23/2013)
• "Connecticut Gun Violence Commission to Meet Thursday" (Stevens Point Journal, 01/23/2013)
• "Connecticut Gun Violence Commission to Meet Thursday" (USA Today, 01/23/2013)
• "Advisory Committee to Hear From Colorado, Virginia Experts" (CT News Junkie, 01/22/2013)
• "Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to Hold First Meeting Thursday" (New Haven Register, 01/22/2013)
• "Sandy Hook Commission to Get Update on Police Investigation" (New Canaan, CT Patch, 01/22/2013)
• "Anger, Violent Thoughts: Are You Too Sick to Own a Gun?" (NBC News, 01/19/2013)
• "Warning Signs of Violent Acts Often Unclear" (The New York Times, 01/16/2013)
• "Obama Calls for Changes to Mental Health Care" (USA Today, 01/16/2013)
• "Beilue: Gun Control Proposals Should Hinge on One Question" (Amarillo Globe-News, 01/08/2013)
• "Officials: Mental Health System Reformed in Virginia Since Tech Shooting, But Gaps Remain" (The Daily Progress, 12/22/2012)
• "Va. Tech Shooting Commission: Lack of Mental Health Services Major Safety Problem" (The Christian Post, 12/20/2012)
• "Justice for Juveniles" (WVTF/Radio IQ, 12/05/2012)
• "Marijuana Advocates Hope to Rise From 'Prohibition'" (CNN, 12/01/2012)
• "Report Finds Juvenile Incarceration Ineffective In Preventing Crime" (Cavalier Daily, 11/25/2012)
• "UVA Professor Calls For Juvenile Justice Reform" (WINA, 11/20/2012)
• "UVA-Led Report Calls For Less Incarceration of Juveniles" (The Daily Progress, 11/20/2012)
• "A Closer Look At Courthouse Violence Then And Now" (Culpeper Star Exponent, 08/26/2012)
• "Short, Temporary Detentions Make Commitment More Likely" (Psychiatric News, 08/17/2012)
• "The Law – And Reality – Of Gun Access" (NPR, 08/15/2012)
• "Supreme Court May Consider Constitutionality of Insanity Plea" (The New American, 07/23/2012)
• "Supreme Court is Asked to Find that Insanity Defense is a Constitutional Right" (The Washington Post, 07/22/2012)
• "The Insanity Defense: A Constitutional Right?" (The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog, 07/18/2012)
• "For Mentally Ill Inmates, Health Care Behind Bars is Often Out of Reach" (MSNBC, 02/03/2012)
• "Keeping Students Safe: The State of Mental Health in Virginia Colleges" (NBC 29, 01/09/2012)
• "UVA Professor's Study Says Community College Students Lack Mental Health Services" (The Daily Progress, 01/07/2012)
• "Is It Time To Let John Hinckley Go Free?" (CBS News, 12/09/2011)
• "Path to Execution Swifter, More Certain in Virginia" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/04/2011)
• "Chris Christie Slams Health Care Reform As 'A Government Takeover of Health Care'" (PolitiFact, 10/19/2011)
• "The Crackdown on Medical Marijuana: Prohibition Revisited?" ("To The Point" (KCRW), 10/14/2011)
• "Free John Hinckley" (The Washingtonian, 09/23/2011)
• "Question of Bevilacqua's Competence Presents Unusual Legal Situation" (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/12/2011)
• "Court Backs Treatment for Loughner" (Wall Street Journal, 07/26/2011)