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Peer reviewedMcAfee, James K.; Cockram, Judith; Wolfe, Pamela S. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study involving police officers in Western Australia (n=138) and Pennsylvania (n=168) revealed that officers responded differently to crimes involving persons with mental retardation. In some cases, police were more tolerant of the disability, in others they were less tolerant. Response patterns were not different for Australian and Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Adults, Disability Discrimination, Foreign Countries, Law Enforcement
Peer reviewedCockram, Judith; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1993
Seventeen Supreme Court Judges, District Court Judges, and Magistrates in Western Australia were surveyed to examine perceptions concerning overrepresentation of individuals with intellectual disability in the criminal justice system. The judiciary felt these individuals had several characteristics that would disadvantage them in contacts with the…
Descriptors: Court Judges, Court Litigation, Crime, Disability Discrimination
