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Gawrylowicz, Julie; Gabbert, Fiona; Carson, Derek; Lindsay, William R.; Hancock, Peter J. B. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are as likely as the general population to find themselves in the situation of having to identify and/or describe a perpetrator's face to the police. However, limited verbal and memory abilities in people with ID might prevent them to engage in standard police procedures. Method: Two…
Descriptors: Recognition (Psychology), Mild Mental Retardation, Visual Perception, Comparative Analysis
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Raina, Poonam; Arenovich, Tamara; Jones, Jessica; Lunsky, Yona – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: Studies focusing on pathways in the criminal justice system for individuals with intellectual disability are limited in that they only study individuals once they are involved in the system and do not consider the pathways into it. The purpose of this study is to examine predisposing factors that lead to various outcomes for…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Crime, At Risk Persons, Police
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Emerson, Eric; Halpin, Sarah – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Objectives: To describe the rates of anti-social behaviour (ASB) among adolescents with/without mild/moderate intellectual disability (MMID). To estimate whether any differences could be attributable to differences in exposure to extraneous risk factors. Design: Secondary analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. Methods:…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation