Intellectual disability and the death penalty
An edition of Intellectual disability and the death penalty (2017)
current issues and controversies
By Marc J. Tassé
Publish Date
2018
Publisher
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Language
eng
Pages
176
Description:
"[This] book documents the legal and clinical aspects of the issues related to intellectual disability and the death penalty. [The book]: provides a comprehensive review of the legal and clinical aspects of the death penalty and intellectual disability; offers a detailed discussion of the Supreme court decision in Atkins v. Virginia as well as a review of court decisions since that 2002 ruling; details the diagnostic issues related to determination of intellectual disability, such as the assessment of intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior, and age of onset; and shares best practices in clinical assessment and important forensic matters that must be considered."--