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Title:
Intellectual disability and the death penalty : current issues and controversies / Marc J. Tassé and John H. Blume.
Author:
Tassé, Marc J., author.

Blume, John H., author.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
Call Number:
KF9227.C2 T37 2018
Abstract:
"[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."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781440840142
Physical Description:
viii, 176 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
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.
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