Elucidating the contours of competency for execution: The implications of Ford and Panetti for assessment

Journal of Psychiatry and Law

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 269-307

  Zapf, Patricia A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Capital punishment; Competency; Evaluation; Ford; Panetti

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77950960026     PISSN: 00931853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700206     Document Type: Review

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