People with Intellectual and Other Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System
- ISBN-10
- 0987359312
- ISBN-13
- 9780987359315
- Category
- Mental health laws
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Authors
- Eileen Bawdrey, Leanne Dowse, Melissa Clarence
Description
This report outlines the key findings of a research report conducted by investigators at UNSW on a cohort of 2,371 individuals whose mental health disorders and cognitive disability (MHDCD) diagnoses are known, who have been in prison and whose criminal justice and human service contacts have been compiled into a linked and de-identified dataset (the MHDCD dataset)
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