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Neurodisability and the Criminal Justice System: Comparative and Therapeutic Responses

Neurodisability and the Criminal Justice System: Comparative and Therapeutic Responses

Author: Gaye T. Lansdell; Bernadette J. Saunders; Anna Eriksson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781789907629
Published In: September 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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.

Examining the growing body of evidence which illustrates the significant over-representation of neurodisability amongst prison and juvenile justice populations, this critical book explores the challenges faced by people with a neurodisability who come into contact with the justice system. These challenges include: difficulty understanding interactions with police, navigating court processes, comprehending sentencing orders, and coping with prison and post-release life, which can lead to repeat victimisation and criminalisation. Overall, this book establishes that justice systems are often unable to meet the specific needs of people with a neurodisability and that there is a significant lack of appropriate support within the community aimed at prevention and diversion.

Providing broad interdisciplinary insights, this timely book will prove a vital resource for scholars and students of criminal law, law and society, criminology, neuroscience and social work. It will also be of value to legal practitioners, law enforcement, prison employees and welfare professionals engaged with individuals with a neurodisability.

PART I. UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO NEURODISABILITY

1. Neurodisability and the criminal justice system: a problem in search of a solution 3

Gaye Lansdell, Bernadette Saunders, Anna Eriksson

2. Neurodisability: A criminal law doctrine that is not pure insanity 14

Amanda Pustilnik

3. A public law model for cognitive-communication risk 34

Joe Wszalek

4. Access to justice and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – an Australian perspective 51

Penelope Weller

PART II. NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH NEURODISABILITY

5. Dismantling barriers to justice for children affected by neurodisability 73

Frances Sheahan, Nathan Hughes, Huw Williams,