Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty

An attempt to provide understandable and up-to-date information regarding intelligence testing, intelligence theories, personal competence, adaptive behavior and intellectual disability (mental retardation) as they relate to death penalty (capital punishment) issues. A particular focus will be on psychological measurement, statistical and psychometric issues.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Beyond IQ series: An overview of the Model of Academic Competence and Motivation (MACM)

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Interest in social-emotional learning and resiliency training (click here and here for just two examples) in education has shown a recent...

FYiPOST: Morse on "Mental Disorder and Criminal Law"

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Recently posted to SSRN: "Mental Disorder and Criminal Law" Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 101, p. 885, 2011 Univer...

FYIPOST: "Changing Law’s Mind: How Neuroscience Can Help Us Punish Criminals More Fairly and Effectively"

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The title of this post is the title of an important and exciting forthcoming book by Professor Deborah Denno; now posted at this SSRN link ...
Monday, August 15, 2011

FYiPOST: Workshop Report on "The Neuroscience of Responsibility"

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"The Neuroscience of Responsibility"—Workshop Report by Nicole A Vincent, Pim Haselager and Gert-Jan Lokhorst has been published i...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

FYiPOST: Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

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in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 387 Who's Better at Defendin...

FYiPOST: NYTimes.com: Groups Call for Scientists to Engage the Body Politic

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E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  iap@earthlink.net SCIENCE   | August 09, ...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Atkins MR/ID death penalty court decision: Hill v Ohio (2011)

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A fresh Atkins decision to be added to the Atkins court decision blogroll ( Hill v Ohio, 2011 ) without major commentary. Thanks to Kevin F...
Friday, August 12, 2011

FYiPOST: Drinan on Graham v. Florida

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Cara H. Drinan (Catholic University of America (CUA)) has posted Graham on the Ground on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Graham v. Florida, t...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Research briefs: Various death penalty/criminal justice related recent publications

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Coen, M., & Heffernan, L. (2010). Juror Comprehension of Expert Evidence: A Reform Agenda. Criminal Law Review, (3), 195-211. Crinion, C...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

FYiPOST: "Remedying Wrongful Execution"

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The title of this post is the title of this new piece by Professor Meghan Ryan, which is now available via SSRN. Here is the abstract: Th...

FYiPOST: "Cognitive Neuroscience and Moral Decision-making: Guide or Set Aside?"

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Cognitive Neuroscience and Moral Decision-making: Guide or Set Aside? by Derek Leben has been published in the current issue of Neuroethics:...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Two new ICDP blog features. Follow posts via email and "Who is reading this blog?"

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I just added to new features to this blog. Both are available on the blogline side bar on the right. The first is an option to have posts...
Monday, August 8, 2011

The Flynn effect in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: To adjust or not to adjust? That is the question---on-line PPT show

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A copy of my APA 2011 (Div 33) presentation, The Flynn effect in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: To adjust or not to adjust? That is the...

FYiPOST: "The Dual Track Theory of Moral Decision-Making: a Critique of the Neuroimaging Evidence" - Neuroethics & Law Blog

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http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/2011/08/the-dual-track-theory-of-moral-decision-making-a-critique-of-the-neuroimaging-evidence.htm...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

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in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 2798 Less than Picture Perfect: ...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

Kevin McGrew APA Flynn effect in Atkins MR/ID cases complete handouts--as promised

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Here is a copy of all my slides, in PDF format, that I promised at my APA Div 33 Atkins ID/MR symposium. - iPost using BlogPress from Kevin...

Flynn Effect at the upper end of the ability distribution @sbkaufman, 8/3/11 9:03 PM

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Scott Barry Kaufman ( @sbkaufman ) 8/3/11 9:03 PM Jonah Lehrer's ( @jonahlehrer ) summary of my friend Jonathan Wai's ( @JonathanLWa...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

FYiPOST: Morse on Mental Disorder

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Stephen Morse (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Mental Disorder and Criminal Law (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, ...

FYiPOST: Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 35, Issue 5 - New Issue Alert

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Sent from Kevin McGrew's iPad Kevin McGrew, PhD Educational Psychologist Tuesday, August 2 Dear Valued Cust...
Monday, August 1, 2011

Flynn Effect IQ adjustment (or not) in Atkins DP cases 5 major issues & expert positions

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Tease for presentation as part of Invited Symposium on Atkins MR/ID death penalty issues at APA convention (Division 33)--this Thursday at 9...
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