Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour: Volume 6 Issue 1

“I’d trust them if they understood learning disabilities” support needs of people with learning disabilities in the Criminal Justice System

Ruth Howard, Emma Phipps, Jane Clarbour, Kelly Rayner

People with learning disabilities (LD) often lack necessary support in navigating and coping within the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The purpose of this paper is to explore…

Learning disability nursing in the criminal justice system: achieving justice for all – understanding need and enabling change for young people in the youth offending team and resolution and understanding for victims

Karina Louise Hepworth, Helen Williams

The learning disability nursing role in the multi-professional Youth Offending Team (YOT) enables the recognition, acknowledgement and understanding of the needs of people…

Increasing knowledge of personality disorders in detained women with an intellectual disability

Deborah Morris, Nathalie Gray

The purpose of this paper is to describe the evaluation of the “Living with a Personality Disorder” group (Morris, 2011a). This intervention is a psycho-education group for women…

Screening for learning disabilities in the criminal justice system: a review of existing measures for use within liaison and diversion services

Daniel Silva, Karen Gough, Hannah Weeks

At present, there are significant limitations to the criminal justice system’s (CJS) ability to respond appropriately to detainees or defendant with learning disabilities (LD)…

Job stress, burnout and job satisfaction in staff working with people with intellectual disabilities: community and criminal justice care

Erik Søndenaa, Richard Whittington, Christian Lauvrud, Kåre Nonstad

The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare levels of burnout, traumatic stress and resilience amongst Norwegian nursing care staff in two intellectual disability (ID…

Editorial

Colin Dale