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The Inventory of Legal Knowledge (ILK) and adults with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- WATSON Malorie E., KIVISTO Aaron J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 8(2), 2017,
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) entering the legal system in the United States are at heightened risk of being incorrectly labelled as malingering. The Inventory of Legal Knowledge (ILK) was recently developed to assess response style of individuals undergoing competency to stand trial evaluations. This paper presents preliminary data on the utility of the ILK with adults with ID. Design/methodology/approach: Thirty-two adults were recruited from an American day programme for adults with ID. Using a simulation design, the first twenty-four participants were assigned to the honest responding group and the remaining eight were assigned to the fake bad group. The normative performance of the honest responding group was compared to established norms for adults without ID, the most efficient ILK cut-off score was examined, and convergent validity of the ILK and other malingering measures tested. Findings: Compared to the established mean score, the recommended cut-off score, and two independent published samples of non-ID adults, the normative performance of the honest responding ID group was significantly lower. Analyses of area under the curve (AUC) revealed that the ILK lacked sufficient ability to discriminate adults with ID instructed to respond honestly from those instructed to feign incompetence, and correlational analyses failed to support the convergent validity of the ILK in this sample. Research limitations/implications: The present findings do not support the use of the ILK with adults with ID, even with adjusted cut scores. The development of novel malingering measures that can be used in the context of CST evaluations with adults with ID is needed. Originality/value: The present study is the first to examine the psychometric properties of the ILK with adults diagnosed with ID and without concomitant psychiatric symptomatology. (Publisher abstract)
The sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties: the problem and possible solution
- Author:
- TARRANT Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 5(3), September 2003, pp.6-13.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Explores the law relating to the sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties and proposes a number of key changes that need to take place in order to offer people with learning difficulties greater protection from abuse.
Positive approaches to understanding and managing risk: a workbook to support the mandatory units of the Certificates in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities
- Author:
- BRADLEY Alice
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Includes legal obligations and rights on the part of carers to take risks in managing challenging behaviour and other problems. The book outlines policies and procedures for service providers, ethical and legal issues around physical intervention, and positive management techniques.
Care in the community for people with a learning disability: choice, opportunity and risk
- Authors:
- BALDWIN Susan, THIRKETTLE Barry
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(5), January 1999, pp.167-169.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
How to balance safety with real opportunities for choice is an issue for all those caring for people with a learning disability living in the community. Yet such opportunities are essential to personal development and a fundamental human rights. Explains how, for care professionals, it means taking, and managing, risks.
Rights, risks and limits to freedom: principles and good practice guidance for practitioners considering restraint in residential care settings
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guidance sets out a number of general principles that the Commission believes apply to the use of restraint in any setting. These general principles should be taken into account when restraint is being considered in the care of any person who has a mental learning difficulty, dementia or other mental disorder. The guidance aims to help guide thinking on the use of restraint and encourage all care staff to consider their actions and the impact that those actions may have on the people they are caring for. This guidance cannot give answers to every situation residents and care staff find themselves in. The document also includes sections on particular types of restraint and interventions that can lead to the freedom of movement and liberty of residents being limited in some way.
Appropriate adults and appropriate adult schemes: service user, provider and police perspectives
- Editor:
- LITTLECHILD Brian
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 129p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Examines the provision and practice of appropriate adults who attend vulnerable groups, including juveniles, those with learning disabilities or mental health problems held in police custody. looks at the weakness of provision and practice and asks how might appropriate adult services be provided for vulnerable people in custody. The role, work and provision of appropriate adults is examined from perspectives of detainees, police and those working within and managing appropriate adult schemes.
Sterilisation
- Author:
- HARRIS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(9), May 2000, p.315.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
A man with learning disabilities cannot be sterilised; a women can. The decision rests on the balance of risk to their physical and mental health. Discusses the law using a case example.
Vulnerable people as victims of crime: recent developments in England and Wales
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 1(2), November 1999, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Starting from the standpoint that adult protection has significant overlaps with a range of other areas of interest, this article considers how criminal justice systems in key countries are responding to the challenge of vulnerable adults. American, Canadian and UK legal frameworks and recent practice are examined in relation to vulnerable adults as victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act, 1988.
Aggression and violence: approaches to effective management
- Editors:
- TURNBULL John, PATERSON Brodie
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 239p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Aims to provide a comprehensive account of how violence can be managed more effectively in the social and health care workplace. Contains papers on: who is at risk from violence at work; theoretical approaches to violence and aggression; legal and ethical issues in the management of violence; verbal abuse; de-escalation in the management of aggression and violence; managing physical violence; providing staff with adequate support; a system of education and training for the care and management of people with special needs who display violent or dangerous behaviours; and the role of the manager.
HIV and learning disability
- Editors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, BROWN Hilary
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 194p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Aims to provide essential reference material for people working in the field of HIV and learning disability. Includes chapters on: assessing and responding to local needs; facts about HIV transmission and treatment; HIV prevention and health promotion; a provider perspective; safer sex work with men with learning difficulties who have sex with men; HIV and heterosexual men; the role of therapy in sexual health; safer sex training for peer educators; sex education for students with severe learning difficulties; HIV, learning difficulties and the law; and policies and their contribution to coherent decision making.