Intellectual disability and the death penalty

"[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."--

שנה

2018

שפה

English

הוצאה

Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC

מהדורות

3

עמודים

176

ISBN

9781440840142

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata