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Learning Disability
Recent findings in learning disability described by H. Smith and colleagues
April 5th, 2008
"The literature regarding offending in the learning disabled population is limited; the effects of normalisation and deinstitutionalisation on offending behaviour is not yet determined. We retrospectively examined 93 court reports completed by the Tayside learning disability service since 1986," scientists writing in the journal Medicine Science and the Law report. "Twenty patients were not considered to be learning disabled. Sixty-four of the subjects deemed learning disabled faced charges, the most common being public order offences, which was in common with previous reports. Eighteen per cent of these had a co-morbid mental illness, the majority attracting a...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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