McCarthy, Jane, Chaplin, Eddie, Hayes, Susan, Søndenaa, Erik, Chester, Verity, Morrissey, Catrin, Allely, Clare S. and Forrester, Andrew  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-1249
2022.
Defendants with intellectual disability and autism spectrum conditions: the perspective of clinicians working across three jurisdictions.
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
29
(5)
, pp. 698-717.
10.1080/13218719.2021.1976297
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Abstract
he treatment of vulnerable defendants by criminal justice systems or correctional systems varies within and between countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine three legal jurisdictions – New South Wales in Australia; Norway; England and Wales – to understand the extent of variation in practice within the court systems for defendants with intellectual disabilities (ID) and/or autism spectrum conditions (ASC). Two of the jurisdictions had a process for screening in place, either in police custody or at court, but this was not universally implemented across each jurisdiction. All three jurisdictions had a process for supporting vulnerable defendants through the legal system. Across the three jurisdictions, there was variation in disposal options from a mandatory care setting to hospital treatment to a custodial sentence for serious offences. This variation requires further international exploration to ensure the rights of defendants with ID or ASC are understood and safeguarded.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine |
| Additional Information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| ISSN: | 1321-8719 |
| Funders: | Guy's and St Thomas' Trustees |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 4 November 2021 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 4 October 2021 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2023 01:25 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145295 |
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