Neurodisability And The Criminal Justice System

Author : Lansdell, Gaye T.,Saunders, Bernadette J.,Eriksson, Anna
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781789907636

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Neurodisability and the Criminal Justice System by Lansdell, Gaye T.,Saunders, Bernadette J.,Eriksson, Anna Pdf

This thought-provoking book highlights the increasing recognition of the prevalence of neurodisability within criminal justice systems, discussing conditions including intellectual, cognitive and behavioural impairments, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and traumatic and acquired brain injury. International scholars and practitioners demonstrate the extent and complexity of the neurodisability experience and present practical solutions for criminal justice reform.

Author : Kelly Fritsch,Jeffrey Monaghan,Emily van der Meulen
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774867153

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Disability Injustice by Kelly Fritsch,Jeffrey Monaghan,Emily van der Meulen Pdf

Ableism is embedded in Canadian criminal justice institutions, policies, and practices, making incarceration and institutionalization dangerous – even deadly – for disabled people. Disability Injustice examines disability in contexts that include policing and surveillance, sentencing and the courts, prisons and alternatives to confinement. The contributors confront challenging topics such as the pathologizing of difference as deviance; eugenics and crime control; criminalization based on biased physical and mental health approaches; and the role of disability justice activism in contesting discrimination. This provocative collection highlights how, with deeper understanding of disability, we can challenge the practices of crime control and the processes of criminalization.

Author : Lawrence A. Dubin, J.D.,Emily Horowitz, Ph.D.
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784502980

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Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System by Lawrence A. Dubin, J.D.,Emily Horowitz, Ph.D. Pdf

Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in draconian and public punishment. Yet even when evidence shows that people with these conditions often pose little threat to society, or lack a core understanding as to why their actions break the law, the "sex offender legal regime" doesn't allow any room to take the disability into account. This ground-breaking book offers a multi-disciplinary examination of how unjust sex offense laws trap vulnerable groups such as those with developmental disabilities. Drawing on research, empirical evidence and including case studies, experts from the fields of law, ethics, psychology and sociology explore what steps should be taken in order to ensure that laws are just and take into consideration factors such as the vulnerability of the perpetrators. Investigating the consequences caused by public hysteria over sex offenses, this book highlights the judicial failure to protect defendants with developmental disabilities in the context of the unjust and hyper-punishment of all those charged with sex offenses. Proposing a new way forward based on research and evidence-based sentencing for sex offenses, and elimination of the sex offender registry, this book offers an informed and compassionate view that is essential for all professionals working in this field.

Author : New South Wales. Law Reform Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Capacity and disability
ISBN : OCLC:707060798

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People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System by New South Wales. Law Reform Commission Pdf

Author : Stephen Case,Neal Hazel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031192722

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Child First by Stephen Case,Neal Hazel Pdf

This book explores the development and implementation of Child First as an innovative guiding principle for improving youth justice systems. Applying contemporary research understandings of what leads to positive child outcomes and safer communities, Child First challenges traditional risk-led and stigmatising approaches to working with children in trouble. It has now been adopted as the four-point guiding principle for all policy and practice across the youth justice system in England and Wales, it is becoming a key reform principle for youth justice in Northern Ireland, and it is increasingly influential across several western jurisdictions. With contributions from academics, policymakers and practitioners, this book critically charts the progress and challenges in establishing a progressive evidence-led youth justice system. Its dynamic and accessible integration of theory, research, policy and practice, alongside discussion of critical themes, makes it a key read for students on youth crime/justice modules and for a wider market. Stephen Case is Professor of Youth Justice in the Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy division at Loughborough University, UK. Neal Hazel is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford, UK.

Author : Gordon, Robert Macaire,Shereen Hassan,Simon Fraser University. Criminology Research Centre
Publisher : Burnaby, BC : Criminology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Offenders with mental disabilities
ISBN : 0864912315

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Developmental Disability, Crime and Criminal Justice : a Literature Review by Gordon, Robert Macaire,Shereen Hassan,Simon Fraser University. Criminology Research Centre Pdf

Author : New South Wales. Law Reform Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Capacity and disability
ISBN : UCAL:B4279897

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People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System by New South Wales. Law Reform Commission Pdf

Author : Nick Dubin
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781787753624

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Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, and the Criminal Justice System by Nick Dubin Pdf

For autistic people who find themselves facing a criminal charge, understanding how the features of autism may have contributed to their behaviour can be vital context for their defence. In this insightful book, Nick Dubin explores how and why autistic people get caught up in the criminal justice system. He delves into what steps can be taken to prevent autistic people committing crimes and what should be done to ensure their fair and appropriate treatment if they are charged with a crime. It covers everything from prevention to the aftermath of sentencing, including available counselling and therapy. Nick's personal experience and meticulous research shows that criminal justice can be an oppressive system that misunderstands and stigmatizes autistic people, especially low-risk individuals and those with less criminal responsibility.

Author : Anita Gibbs,Fairleigh Gilmour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000531572

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Women, Crime and Justice in Context by Anita Gibbs,Fairleigh Gilmour Pdf

Women, Crime and Justice in Context presents contemporary feminist approaches to key issues in criminal justice. It draws together key researchers from Australia and New Zealand to offer a context-specific textbook that covers all of the major debates in the discipline in an accessible way. This book examines both the foundational texts and cutting-edge contributions to the topic and acknowledges the unique challenges and debates in the local Australian and New Zealand context. Written as an entry-level text, it introduces undergraduate students to key theories and debates on the topics of offending, victimization and the criminal justice system. It explores key topics in feminist criminology with chapters exploring sex work, prison abolitionism, community punishment, media representations of crime and victims, and the impacts of digital technology on gendered violence. Centring on an intersectional approach, the book includes chapters that focus on disability, queer criminology, indigenous perspectives, migration and service-user perspectives. The book concludes by exploring future directions in feminist approaches to crime and justice. This book will be essential reading for undergraduates studying feminist criminology, gender and crime, queer criminology, socio-legal studies, intersectionality, sociology and criminal justice.

Author : William R. Lindsay,John L. Taylor,Peter Sturmey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470020678

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Offenders with Developmental Disabilities by William R. Lindsay,John L. Taylor,Peter Sturmey Pdf

For over a century, developmental disabilities have been associated with crime in prejudicial and pejorative contexts. Offenders with Developmental Disabilities provides a balanced, comprehensive review of the prevalence, nature and development of offending by those with intellectual disabilities. Not only does this volume include coverage of evidence-based assessment and treatment ideas, strategies and plans, but also places the field in a historical, legal and ethical context. William Lindsay, John Taylor and Peter Sturmey have brought together a wealth of contributors from differing backgrounds to share new material and knowledge of assessments, treatment, and service issues in a single volume. Divided into five parts, Part I opens with theoretical issues; Part II deals with legal and services contexts including ethical concerns; Part III considers risk assessment, general assessment and approaches to evaluation; Part IV addresses specific issues of sexual offending, anger and aggression, fire raising, dual diagnosis, female offenders and personality disorder; Part V concludes with service development, professional and research issues. Forensic practitioners and students from psychology and psychiatry, lawyers and advocates, nurses and social workers will all find this comprehensive and practical book an inspiration in taking this field forward.

Author : Jacqui Learoyd,Karen Bryan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000900613

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Working With Adults with Communication Difficulties in the Criminal Justice System by Jacqui Learoyd,Karen Bryan Pdf

This book offers guidance for speech and language therapists and other professionals who are working in a criminal justice setting or who are interested to know more about this dynamic and rewarding client group. The criminal justice system (CJS) includes police custody, community services, secure hospitals and prisons. Although each setting has its differences, there are overarching areas associated with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) within the population who find themselves coming into contact with the CJS. These needs are many and varied: from social deprivation and developmental language disorder, to head injury, substance misuse and ADHD. The variety is both stimulating and challenging, and this book provides the reader with a range of resources to use with such a complex client base. Key features include: academic evidence about SLCN in the CJS accessible visuals explaining the systems pathways resources to support assessment and intervention information to support individuals with a range of overlapping needs. Aimed primarily at speech and language therapists, the book also includes useful content for students, academics and professionals who wish to know more about SLCN within the CJS. As well as being full of useful infographics, this book includes a vast appendix of online material that can be downloaded and printed for use in practice.

Author : Katherine J. McLachlan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031592904

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Trauma-informed Criminal Justice by Katherine J. McLachlan Pdf

Author : Dorothy Griffiths,Voula Marinos,Samantha Stromski,Lisa Whittingham
Publisher : Nadd
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 157256122X

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities & the Criminal Justice System by Dorothy Griffiths,Voula Marinos,Samantha Stromski,Lisa Whittingham Pdf

Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System offers a multidimensional perspective for understanding the issues, dilemmas, and gaps that justice-involved persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers face in both the criminal justice system and community-based services in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Initial chapters in this book review issues such as identification, risk assessments, court supports, and accommodations as they relate to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities; whereas, later chapters in the book are more focused on recognizing the unique issues and dilemmas that persons with ASD, FASD, and those labeled as a sex offender face in the criminal justice system and during intervention. Collectively, these chapters suggest that we need to adopt a framework that is flexible, person-centered, rights-oriented, and interdisciplinary for understanding the behaviors that bring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to the attention of the criminal justice system and to be effective in the interventions that reduce the risk of recidivism.

Author : Wendy O'Brien,Cédric Foussard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429804083

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Violence Against Children in the Criminal Justice System by Wendy O'Brien,Cédric Foussard Pdf

Children who come into conflict with the law are more likely to have experienced violence or adversity than their non-offending peers. Exacerbating the deleterious effects of this childhood trauma, children’s contact with the criminal justice system poses undue risks of physical, sexual, and psychological violence. This book examines the specific forms of violence that children experience through their contact with the criminal justice system. Comprising contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in children’s rights and youth justice, this book profiles evidence-based prevention strategies and case studies from around the world. It illustrates the diversity of contexts in which various forms of violence against children unfold and advances knowledge about both the nature and extent of violence against children in criminal justice settings, and the specific situational factors that contribute to, or inhibit, the successful implementation of violence prevention strategies. It demonstrates that specialised child justice systems, in which children’s rights are upheld, are crucial in preventing the violence inherent to conventional criminal justice regimes. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students and researchers engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice, youth justice, victimology, crime prevention, and children’s rights.

Author : Jane Winstone
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137453884

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Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice by Jane Winstone Pdf

It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinary collection explores key issues in mental health, crime and criminal justice, including: offenders' rights; intervention designs; desistance; health-informed approaches to offending and the medical needs of offenders; psychological jurisprudence, and; collaborative and multi-agency practice. This volume draws on the knowledge of professionals and academics working in this field internationally, as well as the experience of service users. It offers a solution-focused response to these issues, and promotes both equality and quality of experience for service users. It will be essential reading for practitioners, scholars and students with an interest in forensic mental health and criminal justice.