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 (H), Juvenile Justice Reform (Sc), Advance Directives In Health Care: Innovation And Impediments, New Frontiers In Clinical Ethics And Law (Sc)

In the Media:

• "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)
• "Compulsory Medication Muddies Gunman Trial Issue" (New Scientist, 07/08/2011)