Intellectual disability and the death penalty: current issues and controversies

Intellectual disability and how it is diagnosed -- A brief history of and introduction to the modern American death penalty -- The Supreme Court and the categorical exemption from capital punishment for persons with intellectual disability : Atkins v. Virginia -- Atkins on the ground : post-Atkins l...

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Authors: Tassé, Marc J. 1963- (Author) ; Blume, John H. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Capital Punishment > United States
Offenders with mental disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc > United States
People with mental disabilities and crime > United States
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > United States
Insanity (law) > United States
USA > Todesstrafe > Geistige Behinderung
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Summary:Intellectual disability and how it is diagnosed -- A brief history of and introduction to the modern American death penalty -- The Supreme Court and the categorical exemption from capital punishment for persons with intellectual disability : Atkins v. Virginia -- Atkins on the ground : post-Atkins lower court decisions -- Assessing intellectual functioning -- Assessing adaptive behavior -- Assessing the age of onset -- Expert witnesses -- The future of Atkins
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:viii, 176 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:978-1-4408-4014-2
1-4408-4014-8