Judging Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities: Systematic Review of Criminal Justice System Professionals' Expressed Views and Attitudes Towards Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities.
Background: The diagnosis of an intellectual disability is suggested to have particularly stigmatising connotations, particularly within the criminal justice system (CJS). This paper aims to synthesise qualitative studies investigating the attitudes of CJS professionals to people with intellectual d...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 69; no. 11; pp. 1185 - 1205 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2025
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