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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Autor principal: Tassé, Marc J. 1963- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Blume, John H.
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC [2018]
En:Año: 2018
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
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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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:viii, 176 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:9781440840142
1440840148