1st Edition

Neurodivergence and Criminal Justice International Perspectives

230 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers an original perspective on neurodivergence in the context of criminal justice. Neurodivergence collectively describes a range of neuro-developmental differences, and which primarily affect cognitive processes such as social communication, learning and memory, and sensory processing. The way in which criminal justice systems, processes and institutions engage with neurodivergent... Read more

Introduction
Tom Smith, Roxanna Dehaghani, Emma Smith and Leigh Anne McKingsley

Chapter 1: Research on Autism and Criminal Justice: Findings from a Bibliometric Analysis
Vincent Denault, Danielle Bozin, Larbi Benallal

Chapter 2: Divergent Perspectives on Policing in Australia
Nicole L Asquith, Ron Mason, Lorana Bartels, Benjamin Waters, Jess Rodgers, Megan Parry, and Angela Dwyer

Chapter 3: Towards improved access to justice for autistic child witnesses and victim-survivors: A Comparative Critique of Investigative interviewing challenges in Portugal and England & Wales
Telma Almeida and Coral Dando

Chapter 4: Best Practices for Responding to Neurodivergence under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act - The Perspectives of Justice Involved Youth
Christine Goodwin-DeFaria, Daniella Bendo, Madison Moore, Larissa Janssen

Chapter 5: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Courts: An International Review
Tania Goddard, David J Gilbert, Uzma Naseem, Clare S. Allely, Alan D Price, Penny A Cook, Raja A S Mukherjee

Chapter 6: Sentencing neurodivergent offenders in Hong Kong: the persistence of sanist attitudes and stereotypes in criminal justice
Urania Chiu

Chapter 7: Individual and Structural Vulnerabilities in South Africa: The Neurodivergent Accused in a Post- apartheid Criminal Justice System
Aurora Canova

Biography

Tom Smith is Associate Professor in Law at the University of the West of England, UK.

Roxanna Dehaghani is Reader in Law, at Cardiff University, UK

Emma Smith is a cultural criminologist working as an independent researcher and consultant in Toronto, Canada.

Leigh Anne McKingsley is Senior Director of Disability and Justice Initiatives for The Arc of the United States where she founded and directs The Arc's National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability.