Intellectual disability and the death penalty : current issues and controversies /: current issues and controversies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marc J. Tassé, John H. Blume.
• Authors: Tassé, Marc J; Blume, John H
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Intellectual Disability and How It Is DiagnosedChapter 2 A Brief History of and Introduction to the Modern American Death PenaltyChapter 3 The Supreme Court and the Categorical Exemption from Capital Punishment for Persons with Intellectual Disability: Atkins v. VirginiaChapter 4 Atkins on the Ground: Post-Atkins Lower Court DecisionsChapter 5 Assessing Intellectual FunctioningChapter 6 Assessing Adaptive BehaviorChapter 7 Assessing the Age of OnsetChapter 8 Expert WitnessesChapter 9 The Future of AtkinsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 345.730773; Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology; Capital punishment -- United States; Mental health laws -- United States; Mentally ill offenders -- United States; Legal assistance to people with mental disabilities -- United States; Law -- General; Penology & punishment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216103301
• Related ISBNs: 9781440840142
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