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figure 16.1 Crimes for which people are found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) Reviews of NGRI verdicts in a number of states show that most people who are acquitted on this basis had been charged with a violent crime. (Information from: Novak et al., 2007; APA, 2003; Steadman et al., 1993; Callahan et al., 1991.)