Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Title | Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | William B. Packard, Ph.d. |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Total Pages | 672 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781489591388 |
This book discusses the plight of individuals with low or marginal intelligence who become involved in the criminal justice system. They appear no different than anyone else but they are much different – more prone to being exploited and frequently manipulated to engage in uncharacteristic, illicit acts without fully understanding the implications. Their better judgment is overshadowed by their need to be accepted as normal and achieve a sense of belonging.These individuals are usually the first to be stopped and questioned by police and they are often arrested simply for being in the wrong place (or with the wrong people) at the wrong time. Without their disability recognized, police treat them as anyone else, not affording them special protections and accommodations as guaranteed by law. They often self-incriminate when being interrogated,or worse, confess to a crime they haven't even committed. And they do this without truly understanding their legal rights.The criminal justice system has been ill-prepared to handle the sudden inundation of challenging cases. These defendants are lost in a system they don't understand and one that certainly does not understand them, which partially explains the high conviction rate and frequent travesties of justice.The book discusses these problems but more importantly, it provides readers alternative solutions, diversion strategies that can be enactedat every point of encounter, preventing entry or further penetration into the “system”. Building on years of firsthand experience, the author provides a useful guide for others working in the field, using many case illustrations, and specific steps to help communities develop a jail diversion program that is right for them.
People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Title | People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | New South Wales. Law Reform Commission |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 502 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Capacity and disability |
ISBN |
Ce rapport décrit les diverses modifications à être appliquées au sein de la législation entourant la place de la personne ayant une déficience intellectuelle devant la justice, spécifiquement sur le genre de sentences qu'elle devrait recevoir
Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities
Title | Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2001-02-06 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 030917127X |
Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States, people with developmental disabilities-such as mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and severe learning disabilities may be included in this group. While the scientific evidence is scanty, a handful of studies from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain consistently find high rates of violence and abuse affecting people with these kinds of disabilities. A number of social and demographic trends are converging that may worsen the situation considerably over the next several years. The prevalence of developmental disabilities has increased in low-income populations, due to a number of factors, such as poor prenatal nutrition, lack of access to health care or better perinatal care for some fragile babies, and increases in child abuse and substance abuse during pregnancy. For example, a recent report of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities found that during the past decade, while the state population increased by 20 percent, the number of persons with developmental disabilities in California increased by 52 percent and the population segment with mild mental retardation doubled. Because of a growing concern among parents and advocates regarding possible high rates of crime victimization among persons with developmental disabilities, Congress, through the Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act of 1998, requested that the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences conduct a study to increase knowledge and information about crimes against individuals with developmental disabilities that will be useful in developing new strategies to reduce the incidence of crimes against those individuals. Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities summarizes the workshop and addresses the following issues: (1) the nature and extent of crimes against individuals with developmental disabilities; (2) the risk factors associated with victimization of individuals with developmental disabilities; (3) the manner in which the justice system responds to crimes against individuals with disabilities; and (4) the means by which states may establish and maintain a centralized computer database on the incidence of crimes against individuals with disabilities within a state.
Disability Incarcerated
Title | Disability Incarcerated PDF eBook |
Author | L. Ben-Moshe |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2014-05-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137388471 |
Disability Incarcerated gathers thirteen contributions from an impressive array of fields. Taken together, these essays assert that a complex understanding of disability is crucial to an understanding of incarceration, and that we must expand what has come to be called 'incarceration.' The chapters in this book examine a host of sites, such as prisons, institutions for people with developmental disabilities, psychiatric hospitals, treatment centers, special education, detention centers, and group homes; explore why various sites should be understood as incarceration; and discuss the causes and effects of these sites historically and currently. This volume includes a preface by Professor Angela Y. Davis and an afterword by Professor Robert McRuer.
People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Title | People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | New South Wales. Law Reform Commission |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 496 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Capacity and disability |
ISBN | 9780731302512 |
People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Title | People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | New South Wales. Law Reform Commission |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Capacity and disability |
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"[C]ontains the results of the Commission's research and consultations up to 1 September 1993"--P. ii.
People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Title | People with an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | Susan C. Hayes |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 84 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Capacity and disability |
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