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A fragile protection
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Christopher
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.94, 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning difficulties deserve the same treatment under the criminal justice system as everyone else. However, all too often they are treated as second class citizens. Looks at what is required to break down the barriers.
Disability, discrimination and the criminal justice system
- Author:
- CHAPPELL Anne Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 42, Winter 1994, pp.19-33.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Examines the experience of disabled people in the British criminal justice system, paying particular attention to people with learning difficulties. Two aspects of the criminal justice system are discussed. The first concerns the nature of specific legislation which impacts on disabled people. The second refers to recent cases where there has been a miscarriage of justice. Several of the individuals wrongly convicted in such cases have had learning difficulties. Argues that disabled people experience discrimination within the criminal justice system. Tackling this discrimination must form part of the agenda for civil rights for disabled people.