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Offending by adults with learning disabilities: identifying need in one health district
- Authors:
- LYALL I., HOLLAND A.J., COLLINS S.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(2), 1995, pp.99-109.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
The extent to which adults in one health district with intellectual disabilities engaged in offending behaviour and the nature of their need was investigated in a series of three studies. The lack of established links between the criminal justice agency and other services and the experience and attitudes of staff in the different agencies both hindered the recognition of the presence of a possible learning disability and also prevented referral across agencies. These and social factors, such as homelessness, all contributed to a failure to provide for the needs of this minority of adults with learning disabilities who became involved in the criminal justice system.