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‘Blocked at every level’: criminal justice system professionals’ experiences of including people with intellectual disabilities within a targeted magistrates’ court
Darren David Chadwick, Caroline WessonMental health courts (MHCs) may enable better support for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) within the criminal justice system (CJS) but little evaluative empirical…
Learning disability screening: impact on prison programmes
Laura Ramsay, Helen Wakeling, Rebecca De Lucchi, Hannah GilbertThe purpose of this paper is to examine staff views’ of the usefulness of the Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) screening tools for learning disability and/or…
A literature review about the prevalence and identification of people with an intellectual disability within court Liaison and Diversion services
Karina Marshall-Tate, Eddie Chaplin, Jane McCarthy, Annmarie GrealishExpert consensus is that people with an intellectual disability are over represented across the criminal justice setting (CJS). Primary research studies have been conducted in…
Contributory role of autism spectrum disorder symptomology to the viewing of indecent images of children (IIOC) and the experience of the criminal justice system
Clare Sarah AllelyAllely and Dubin (2018) and Allely et al. (2019) have emphasised that there are a range of innate vulnerabilities in many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are…
Revisiting cognitive assessment in the Indian prison setting
Pankhuri Aggarwal, Angela A. JosephIndividuals with cognitive impairment are more likely to come into contact with the criminal justice system (Kimbell, 2016). Yet, only a handful of studies describe the nature of…
ISSN:
2050-8824Renamed from:
Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending BehaviourOnline date, start – end:
2013Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Verity Chester