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Smith, Tammy; Polloway, Edward A.; Patton, James R.; Beyer, Julia F. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
The focus of this manuscript is on the challenges faced by individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities within the criminal justice system. Prevalence data are cited and these data are interpreted in light of possible rationales for the disproportionate number of individuals with disabilities present within the system. Then the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Criminals, Developmental Disabilities, Juvenile Justice
Center for Civic Innovation, 2006
This bulletin is adapted from the second panel of three at a Manhattan Institute conference. The focus of this paper is on the explosion of prison population and the inevitability of people reentering society from prison. Clarence Page believes this has a particularly brutal impact on the African-American community, and raises questions about how…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions