Executing the mentally ill : the criminal justice system and the case of Alvin Ford /

Based on the case of Alvin Ford, an American death row inmate, this thought-provoking book focuses on the issues raised when the criminal justice system attempts to apply the death penalty to the mentally impaired. Issues addressed include: the definition of mental illness for the purposes of exempt...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Kent S.
Other Authors: Radelet, Michael L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newbury Park, California : Sage Publications, [1993]
Subjects:
Ford, Alvin Bernard, > -1991 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Ford, Alvin Bernard, > -1991
Trials (Murder) > Florida.
Capital punishment > United States.
Insanity (Law) > United States.
Death row inmates > Mental health > United States.
Procès (Meurtre) > Floride.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Condamnés à mort > Santé mentale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Capital punishment
Insanity (Law)
Trials (Murder)
Florida
United States
Trials, litigation, etc.
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