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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1. VerfasserIn: Tassé, Marc J. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Blume, John H.
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC [2018]
In:Jahr: 2018
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 176 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781440840142
1440840148