Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law
Hunton & Williams Professor of Law
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
Biography | Publications
Phone: (434) 924-3209
E-mail: rbonnie@virginia.edu
Subject Area(s): 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
All Courses: Criminal Law , Germs, Guns, and Lead: Public Health Ethics and Law, Law & Ethics in Medical Practice , Mental Health Law , Legal and Moral Reasoning in Public Policy, Tobacco Policy , Aging and the Law
Current Course(s): Germs, Guns, And Lead: Public Health Law And Policy, Criminal Law (B, C), Legal And Moral Reasoning In Public Policy, Mental Health Law And Higher Education
In the Media:
- "Program Helps Identify Likely Violent Parolees" (Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/08/2009)
- "The New Old Age: The Rich Aren't So Different" (The New York Times, 05/24/2009)
- "Man Who Killed Father in 2006 to Be Freed" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 05/15/2009)
- "Mental Care Mandates See Decline" (Roanoke Times, 04/19/2009)
- "America Has a Cultural Divide on Death Penalty" (Associated Press, 03/09/2009)
- "Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane" (WhyY Radio, 02/19/2009)
- "Mental Illness Bill Passes in Va. House" (NBC29, 02/06/2009)
- "Move Forward on Reform" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/11/2008)
- "US Executions, Death Sentences on Decline: Report " (The Associated Press, 12/10/2008)
- "Legal limbo in 1981 Tampa officer's killing may be near end" (St. Petersburg Times, 09/21/2008)
- "Commission Raises Concerns Over New State Mental Health Laws" (WCAV-TV, 09/12/2008)
- "Tech Massacre Sparks Debate Over Fees" (Style Weekly (Richmond), 08/20/2008)
- "City Schools Study Random Drug Tests" (Daily News Record (Harrisonburg, VA), 06/24/2008)
- "Supreme Court Rules in Sanity Case" (National Public Radio, 06/19/2008)
- "Colleges Put out Safety Nets" (USA Today, 04/16/2008)
- "Virginia Tech Served as Warning on Campus Privacy" (Chicago Tribune, 04/16/2008)
- "Must-have Help" (Daily Press (Newport News), 04/10/2008)
- "Predicting and Preventing Campus Violence" (Inside Higher Ed.com, 04/07/2008)
- "Reforms Spark Some Anxiety" (The Roanoke Times, 03/23/2008)
- "Caught in an Arms Race, Virginians Pack More guns" (The Virginian-Pilot, 03/05/2008)
- "UVA Institute Finds Lessons in Tech Shootings " (C-Ville Weekly, 02/05/2008)
- "UVA Doctors Explore Mental Health Treatment and Lawmakers' Role" (WVIR-TV NBC29, 01/30/2008)
- "Understanding Mental Health Reform" (The Daily Progress, 01/06/2008)
- "Kaine to Overhaul Mental Health System" (The Washington Post, 12/14/2007)
- "Mental Health Funding Sought" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/14/2007)
- "Kaine Budgets Money for Pre-K, Mental-Health Plans" (Richmond Times Dispatch, 12/05/2007)
- "Virginia Tech Victims' Families Express Frustration With Gun Laws" (WSLS-TV NewsChannel10, 12/04/2007)
- "Mental Health Panel's Agenda for '08 Is Short" (Virginia Lawyer's Weekly, 11/26/2007)
- "Mental Health Reforms Unveiled / Panel's Changes Draw Warning from Legislator" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 11/17/2007)
- "A UVA Professor Will Discuss Mental Health Issues with Senior Lawmakers" (WINA 1070 AM, 11/13/2007)
- "Va.'s McDonnell, ABA Differ on Death Penalty / The Lawyers Group Wants a Moratorium on U.S. Executions" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/30/2007)
- "UVa Bestows Its Highest Honor"
(Charlottesville Daily Progress, 10/27/2007)
- "FDA Chief Assails Tobacco Bill / Funding, Effect on Agency Mission Among Concerns Stated by von Eschenbach" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/04/2007)
- “FDA No Tobacco Regulator, Chief Says” (Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/04/2007)
- "A Host of Trouble / More Parents are Being Held Criminally Liable for Their Teens' Drinking Parties" (U.S. News and World Report, 09/29/2007)
- "No Butts About It" (RedOrbit , 08/30/2007)
- "Nowak Plans to Use Insanity Defense/Experts Say Move by Former Astronaut Is Risky" (Florida Today, 08/29/2007)
- "New Measures Needed to Stamp Out U.S. Smoking Rates, IoM Report Says" (Nation's Health, 08/10/2007)
- "Mind Games: Virginia Mental-Health System Under the Microscope" (The New Dominion, 08/07/2007)
- "Safety Trumps Privacy in Sharing Information About Troubled Students, Panel Is Told" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 07/27/2007)