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Indigenous People and Cognitive Disability

An Introduction to Issues in Police Stations

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ID15310034
AuthorsMindy Sotiri (Mindy Sotiri has worked for the last eight years as a social worker, activist and researcher in the criminal justice system. She completed her doctorate examining the purpose of imprisonment in 2002. She is also one of the coordinators of the Beyond Bars Alliance, a group committed to promoting alternatives to custody and social justice in the area of criminal justice. <>., corresponding author), Jim Simpson (0000-0002-4631-0341, Jim Simpson has been a lawyer for twenty-seven years and is a presiding member of the Guardianship Tribunal and Mental Health Review Tribunal in NSW. He is also a mediator and a consultant on legal, service provision and policy issues affecting people with disabilities and older people. He was formerly a partner in a mid-city firm of solicitors, and then the first coordinator and principal solicitor of the Intellectual Disability Rights Service. He has been Deputy President of the Community Services...)
Year2006
Volume17
Issue3
Pages431-443
Publication date2006-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1034-5329 • E-ISSN: 2206-9542
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10345329.2006.12036369
OpenAlexW1577353768
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

The major themes of the study commissioned by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services related to the issues facing Indigenous people who have a cognitive disability and come into contact with police stations, courts and prisons as victims and offenders are presented. This study highlights that the issues and procedures relating to Indigenous people need prompt and serious reconsideration

Cognition · Cognitive disabilities · Criminology · Indigenous · Political science · Project commissioning · Psychiatry · Publishing · Sociology · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Law · Psychology

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Citation span2014 - 2023 (10)
Highly citedNo

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