Assessment of competency for execution: Professional guidelines and an evaluation checklist

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-120

  Zapf, Patricia A ^a   Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Brodsky, Stanley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRIST; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CRIMINAL LAW; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037287547     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.491     Document Type: Article

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