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.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Sharing Adversarial Allegiance among Expert Witnesses via BrowZine

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Adversarial Allegiance among Expert Witnesses Murrie, Daniel C.; Boccaccini, Marcus T. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 11 Is...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

AAIDD/ARC SCOTUS 2015 amicus brief regarding Texas adaptive behavior issues (Briseno factors)

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An amicus brief (click to access) has been filed with SCOTUS by AAIDD and ARC regarding a petition for writ of certiorari for a case i...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Law Review Article: Dr. James Ellis on Hall v Florida (SCOTUS, 2014)--ID is a condition-not a number

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Dr. James Ellis has presented a nice summary of the major change in the determination of ID in Atkins cases as a result of the Hall...

Court Decisions: Williams v Mitchell (2015, Ohio)

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I am trying to get caught up on court decisions that I have been unable to post due to lack of time.  Click here for latest decision re...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for...

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Kevin McGrew shared the story, The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guid...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Fwd: Criminal Justice and People with ID: Important New Resource Available

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AAIDD Bookstore <aaidd@memberclicks-mail.net> Date: Aug 5, 2015, 3:43 PM -0500 ...

Atkins MR/ID court decision: Henderson v Stephen (2015, Texas)

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The recent Texas Atkins ruling for Henderson v Stephen (2015) is now available here .  A prior decision in 2010 is available here .

Atkins MR/ID court decision: Pruitt v Neal (Indiana, 2015)

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The recent Pruitt v Neal (Indiana, 2015) Atkins decision is now available here.   Prior court decision documents (2005, 2009, 2012) for ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Sharing Test Review: Delis Rating of Executive Function (D-REF) via BrowZine

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Test Review: Delis Rating of Executive Function (D-REF) Warnick, B.; Drake, M.; Vidrine, S. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Vol. ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Sharing Using Score Equating and Measurement Invariance to Examine the Flynn Effect in the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale via BrowZine

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Using Score Equating and Measurement Invariance to Examine the Flynn Effect in the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Benson, Nicholas; Beau...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Sharing Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Jury Decision Making via BrowZine

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Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Jury Decision Making Hunt, Jennifer S. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 11 Issue 1 – 2015: 15...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Sharing Effects of language of assessment on the measurement of acculturation: Measurement equivalence and cultural frame switching. via BrowZine

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Effects of language of assessment on the measurement of acculturation: Measurement equivalence and cultural frame switching. Schwartz, Seth...

Sharing Behavioral Ethics Meets Legal Ethics via BrowZine

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Behavioral Ethics Meets Legal Ethics Robbennolt, Jennifer K. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 11 Issue 1 – 2015: 150720190125...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

New favorable Atkins SCOTUS decision: Brumfield v Cain

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From SCOTUS blog. Holding: Because the inmate’s evidence of intellectual disability satisfied the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Sharing Standards to Guide the Use of Clinical Judgment in the Field of Intellectual Disability via BrowZine

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Standards to Guide the Use of Clinical Judgment in the Field of Intellectual Disability Luckasson, Ruth; Schalock, Robert L. Intellectual ...
Monday, June 15, 2015

WAIS-IV US/Canadian norms controversy---articles for readers to review

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I previously provided an FYI post on a hot topic in Canada...claims that the new WAIS-IV Canadian norms were flawed.  There are now th...

Another Flynn effect (norm obsolescence) meta-analysis

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 (click on image to enlarge) A second massive meta-analysis of the Flynn effect (norm obsolescence) was recently published ( Pietsch...

AAIDD chapters on intellectual functioning and the Flynn effect - overdue post

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(Click on image to enlarge) It has been along time since I've been able to devote time to any of my t hree professional blogs ...
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Sharing A negative Flynn Effect in France, 1999 to 2008–9 via BrowZine

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A negative Flynn Effect in France, 1999 to 2008–9 Dutton, Edward; Lynn, Richard Intelligence, Vol. 51 – 2015: 67 - 70 10.1016/j.intell....
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Law Review Articles: Atkins v Virginia Symposium: William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal-7 articles

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I just became aware of this 2014 publication of the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal devoted to a symposium on Atkins v Virgin...

Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Mentally Ill Defendant's Death Sentence as Disproportionate [feedly]

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---- Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Mentally Ill Defendant's Death Sentence as Disproportionate // Death Penalt...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Research byte: Ethical issues in third-party disclosure in Atkins cases

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Click on image to enlarge Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:20 PM
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Sharing Intelligence is in the Eye of the Beholder: Investigating Repeated IQ Measurements in Forensic Psychiatry via BrowZine

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Intelligence is in the Eye of the Beholder: Investigating Repeated IQ Measurements in Forensic Psychiatry Habets, Petra; Jeandarme, Inge; U...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Sharing Beyond the floor effect on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 4th Ed. (WISC-IV): calculating IQ and Indexes of subjects presenting a floored pattern of results via BrowZine

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Beyond the floor effect on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 4th Ed. (WISC-IV): calculating IQ and Indexes of subjects presenti...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Article: Brumfield v. Cain - SCOTUS will hear

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Brumfield v. Cain http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/brumfield Sent via Flipboard , your personal magazine. Get it for free to keep up with th...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Blogging lite - out of the office for two weeks

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I am out of the office for two weeks and will only be doing FYI content curation posts - when tine permits.  I shall return.
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty AAIDD webinar

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http://aaidd.org/education/education-archive/2015/03/11/intellectual-disability-and-the-death-penalty#.VQGaY6D68Pg.gmail
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Lawyers Seek Reprieve for Killer Who Lost Part of His Brain Decades Earlier

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/us/lawyers-seek-reprieve-for-killer-who-lost-part-of-his-brain-decades-earlier.html
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Sharing The cognitive impact of the education revolution: A possible cause of the Flynn Effect on population IQ via BrowZine

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The cognitive impact of the education revolution: A possible cause of the Flynn Effect on population IQ Baker, David P.; Eslinger, Paul J.;...
Monday, February 2, 2015

LAW REVIEWS: Disparities in Determinations of Intellectual Disability

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DPIC story summary at link below http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/6040
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Dr. Kevin McGrew is Director of the Institute for Applied Psychometrics (llc). Additional information, including potential conflicts of interest resulting from commercial test development or other consultation, can be found at The MindHub(TM; http://www.themindhub.com ). General email contact is iqmcgrew@gmail.com
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