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Friend or fake? Mate crimes and people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GRUNDY David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 2(4), 2011, pp.167-169.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This short article explores the issues of ‘mate’ crime, which many people with a learning disability are victims of. For some this will lead them into committing criminal acts and bring them into contact with the criminal justice system. Mate crime is a hidden crime, reporting of these crimes is low; they are often committed by people who the person with a learning disability thought was their friend. There are examples of people taken advantage of by friends which have led to drug dealing in their flat, flats used for the storing of stolen goods and women with a learning disability into prostitution. The article concludes that the criminal justice system needs a greater awareness for the role of those around the person with a learning disability when they are charged with criminal offences.