Title: Intellectual disability and the death penalty
Description: "[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."--
Subjects: Mentally ill, Commitment and detention, Capital punishment, Offenders with mental disabilities, People with mental disabilities and crime, Insanity (Law), Legal status, laws, Mental health laws, Mentally ill offenders, Law, united states
Places: United States