Misuse of the street survival skills questionnaire (SSSQ) for evaluating the adult adaptive behavior of criminal defendants with intellectual disability claims

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-149

  Denkowski, George C ^a   Denkowski, Kathryn M ^a  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHILD; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 46449089826     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2008)46[144:MOTSSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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