Table of contents - Special Issue: Offenders with intellectual disability: 2014 Newcastle conference issue on criminal justice
Guest Editors: Professor Amanda Kirby and Lisette Saunders
Experiences of prison inmates with autism spectrum disorders and the knowledge and understanding of the spectrum amongst prison staff: a review
Clare Sarah AllelyThe purpose of this paper is to explore the research which has examined the link between autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and offending behaviour and the impact of prison on…
Development and implementation of autism standards for prisons
Alexandra Lewis, Robert Pritchett, Clare Hughes, Kim TurnerThe purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of a southern English young offenders institution in developing and implementing standards to improve awareness and care of…
Gathering meaningful service user feedback regarding a community forensic service
Karen Bamford, Carl BentonEngaging with people with a learning disability to develop and enhance service provision is central to the ethos of personalisation and citizenship. Despite this there appears to…
Identifying offenders with an intellectual disability in detention in The Netherlands
Hendrien L. Kaal, Henk L.I. Nijman, Xavier M.H. MoonenThe Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency has commissioned a number of research projects on offenders with intellectual disabilities (ID) in prison. A continuing problem has been…
Screening and diagnostic assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders in a male prison
Jane McCarthy, Eddie Chaplin, Lisa Underwood, Andrew Forrester, Hannah Hayward, Jessica Sabet, Susan Young, Philip Asherson, Richard Mills, Declan MurphyThe purpose of this paper is to identify neurodevelopmental disorders and difficulties (NDD) in a male prison. The study used standardised tools to carry out screening and…
A case study of an embedded system in prison to support individuals with learning difficulties and disabilities in the criminal justice system
Amanda Kirby, Lisette SaundersThe purpose of this paper is to describe first the rationale for an embedded process for learning difficulties and disabilities in the criminal justice system (CJS). This is…
ISSN:
2050-8824Renamed from:
Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending BehaviourOnline date, start – end:
2013Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Verity Chester