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Homicide Defendants with Intellectual Disabilities: Issues in Diagnosis in Capital Cases
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Greenspan, Stephen – Exceptionality, 2011
This article explores the many issues involved in establishing the diagnosis of intellectual disability in a so-called Atkins (death penalty exemption) hearing. Among the issues addressed are the need to go beyond IQ scores in establishing intellectual deficits, the need to go beyond rating scores in establishing adaptive behavior deficits, the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Disability Identification, Adjustment (to Environment), Homicide