Presentation
Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient Test Scores and the Impropriety of “Ethnic (or Socio-Economic) Adjustment” in Atkins Cases
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
(2015)
Abstract
After attending this presentation, attendees will gain new information regarding developments in epigenetics which relate to the validity of Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) scores in determining intellectual disability for the purpose of eligibility of a criminal defendant to be executed if otherwise subject to the death penalty. (Complete Abstract at page 727 of the proceedings: http://www.aafs.org/sites/default/files/2015/2015Proceedings.pdf )
Keywords
- Atkins,
- Death penalty,
- IQ,
- ethnic adjustments,
- epigenetics
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2015
Citation Information
Robert M. Sanger. "Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient Test Scores and the Impropriety of “Ethnic (or Socio-Economic) Adjustment” in Atkins Cases" American Academy of Forensic Sciences (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_sanger/14/