Editorial - Mental retardation and the death penalty in the USA: The clinical and legal legacy

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-86

  French, Laurence Armand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDITORIAL; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24044510145     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.39     Document Type: Editorial

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