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Direct linkMacdonald, Stephen J. – Disability & Society, 2012
Since the 1960s, studies in the psycho-sciences have implied that people with dyslexia are at increased risk of engaging in criminal behaviours. There are two common themes that have emerged from this research. Firstly, studies that employ a psycho-medical model imply that the correlation between dyslexia and crime is embedded within neurological…
Descriptors: Crime, Dyslexia, Criminals, Physiology
