Articles
This page contains links to news stories articles published by ourselves and others. As with all links (URLs), we are not responsible for you using them. However, we will endeavour to keep the links updated.
Sorted by month added to website. All files under 1mb unless stated.
April 2011
Article from the National Autistic Society - 'Autism, a guide for Criminal Justice professionals'.
March 2011
Positive Practice, Positive Outcomes: A handbook for professional in the ciminal justice system working with offenders with a learning disability - Department of Health. Click here.
June 2006
Request for Information - Department of Health; Prison Health
Department of Health request regarding the care of people with Learning Disabilities who offend.
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May 2006
Events:
Rights and Wrongs?
Making advances in the justice system for people with learning disabilities who are offenders
Thursday July 6 2006University of Bristol
If you are interested, there are two documents to download: one two
January 2006
Breaking the Cycle - Better help for people with learning disabilities at risk of committing offences: A framework for the NW. (word doc)
Report of a Review of Commissioning Secure Mental Health and Learning Disability Services in the North West - Susan O’Toole, January 2004. (word doc)
On the borderline? People with learning disabilities and/or Autistic spectrum disorders in secure, forensic and other specialist settings. Fiona Myers, Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health, Scottish Executive Social Research, 2004. (pdf file)
December 2005
An article from the National Autistic Society looking at austism in the criminal justice system. Autism: a guide for criminal justice professionals (1.45mb pdf)
July 2005
BBC News - Killer's Fate Hanging on his IQ - By Matthew Davis
April 2005