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No one knows: police responses to suspects with learning disabilities and learning difficulties: a review of policy and practice
- Author:
- JACOBSON Jessica
- Publisher:
- Prison Reform Trust
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 48p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Police safeguards for dealing with suspects with learning difficulties are “patchy and inconsistent”, according to new research. No One Knows: Police Responses to Suspects with Learning Disabilities and Learning Difficulties, a report published by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) last week, noted an “increased risk of miscarriage of justice” when people with learning difficulties are taken into police custody. The report highlighted problems with inconsistent legal advice, lack of training amongst police staff and patchy provision of ‘Appropriate Adults’, which are in place to support and advise vulnerable people in custody. It said suspects’ needs are frequently not identified and that there is limited referral of suspects for clinical attention. The report is part of a wider PRT programme exploring the experiences of people with learning difficulties who come in contact with the criminal justice system. It recommended that PACE provisions be amended to place a duty on the police to provide legal advice for all suspects with learning difficulties during detention and interviews. It also called for ring-fenced funding for statutory provision of Appropriate Adults, and a common system across all police forces to screen suspects to identify people with learning difficulties.
Men with learning difficulties doing research: challenging views of learning difficulties
- Authors:
- INGLIS Pamela A., SWAIN John
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 27(3), May 2012, pp.339-352.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper explores the views of seven men with learning difficulties living in a medium secure unit in the UK. Reflecting findings from a doctoral thesis based upon a research project where the participants looked at the processes and concepts of research, the dialogues within the study were analysed using critical discourse analysis. Thesis aims relevant here include investigating given ‘truths’ about the positives of having a learning disability. The men are not only categorised as having a learning difficulty, but also have the added stigma of being offenders, and commonly having mental health issues which expose them to the worst of myths surrounding learning difficulty. Despite this, the findings suggest that the men are very positive about their lives – reporting that they have many attributes and talents – and view having a learning difficulty as an advantage at times. This affirms ideas on the way that dominant knowledge may be challenged.
Women with learning disabilities who offend: what do we know?
- Author:
- HAYES Susan Carol
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(3), September 2007, pp.187-191.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper aims to summarise what is known about women with a learning disability who offend and indicate some directions for future research.
Listen without prejudice
- Author:
- HEDDELL Fred
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.8.97, 1997, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In the first of a series of special features, the author explains the problems faced by people with learning difficulties in the justice system, beginning at the scene of the crime.
Access to independent advocacy: an evidence review
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MARRIOTT Anna, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 167p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review sets out to investigate the nature and extent of evidence relating to independent advocacy for disabled people at risk of losing choice and control in four specific situations: during transition to adulthood; when the children of disabled parents are subject to safeguarding procedures; when entry to residential care is a possibility; when disabled people are victims or alleged perpetrators of anti-social behaviour. In doing so, it describes and evaluates evidence about the need, costs and benefits associated with independent advocacy. The final section summarises the state of the evidence base currently available and the gaps therein, and suggests what additional research is needed to further our knowledge in this field.
Access to independent advocacy: an evidence review: executive summary
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MARRIOTT Anna, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the executive summary of a review which sets out to investigate the nature and extent of evidence relating to independent advocacy for disabled people at risk of losing choice and control in four specific situations: during transition to adulthood; when the children of disabled parents are subject to safeguarding procedures; when entry to residential care is a possibility; when disabled people are victims or alleged perpetrators of anti-social behaviour. In doing so, it describes and evaluates evidence about the need, costs and benefits associated with independent advocacy. The final section summarises the state of the evidence base currently available and the gaps therein, and suggests what additional research is needed to further our knowledge in this field.