Criminal justice system Blog Posts

• Predictors of outcomes of police involvement in behavioural crises analysed in Canadian study

  27 Jan 2014

  • John Northfield

  
• Mental Health & Learning Disabilities in the Criminal Courts Information for magistrates, district judges and court staff

  23 Sep 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Info request re women with learning disabilities in criminal justice system especially community alternatives

  24 Jun 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Unclear definition, underreporting and lack of training see victims of disability hate crime let down by criminal justice system

  25 Mar 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• People with learning disabilities over-represented in criminal justice system with no systematic approach to accessible and equitable services

  14 Jan 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Study calls for training for police on identification of learning disability

  13 Sep 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• New film aims to help people with learning disabilities understand court proceedings

  20 Jul 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Custody sergeants’ differences of understanding of learning disability led directly to differences in provision of support in custody

  20 Mar 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• High levels of psychosis, attempted suicide and cannabis use amongst prisoners with learning disabilities

  01 Sep 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• First responses by the Criminal Justice system to people with learning disabilities can be improved

  23 May 2011

  • John Northfield