Competency for execution assessments: Ethical continuities and professional tasks

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 65-74

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competency; Ethics; Execution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORALITY; OFFENDER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 33144488181     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J158v05n04_04     Document Type: Article

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