1st Edition
Neurodivergence and the Criminal Justice System
Chapter 1: Neurodivergent Perspectives in Policing: Embracing Diversity for an Inclusive Criminal Justice System Victoria Bell, Adam Greenslade, and Alice Siberry
Chapter 2: Autistic and under Arrest: Challenges Faced by Autistic People
Bobbie Jay White
Chapter 3: Confabulation: Considering Neurodivergence and Confession Credibility
Michelle White
Chapter 4: Understanding the Impact of FASD in Forensic Interviews: Challenges, Implications, and Recommendations
David Junior Gilbert, Uzma Naseem, Tania Goddard, Alan D. Price, Raja A.S. Mukherjee, Penny A. Cook, and Clare S. Allely
Chapter 5: It Needs to be a More Holistic Approach: Person-Centred Care to Support Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities in Prisons
Rachael Mason, Lauren Smith, Niko Kargas, Jim Rogers, and Todd Hogue
Chapter 6: Supporting Autistic Individuals in the English Prison System
Kim Turner, Alexandra Lewis, and Mo Foster
Chapter 7: Being a Safe Harbour in the Storm: Mitigating the Double Vulnerability of Neurodivergence in Youth Justice through an Expericence-Sensitive Approach
Claire Westwood and Victoria Turley
Chapter 8: Don’t Ask Him – Ask Me
David Wilkin
Chapter 9: The Challenge and Promise of Understanding the Criminal Justice Response to Neurodivergent Children and Violent Extremism
Gina Vale and Craig Webber
Chapter 10: Neurodiversity, the Criminal Justice System, and Mutual Aid Theory
Mel Jordan, Anne-Marie Day, Andrew Forrester, Jane McCarthy, James Tangen, Emma Joyes, and Eddie Chaplin
Biography
Tom Smith, LLB, PhD, is Associate Professor in Law at the University of the West of England (UWE), UK, specialising in criminal justice, fair trial, and neurodivergence.
Roxanna Dehaghani, LLB, LLM, PhD, is Reader in Law at Cardiff University, UK, specialising in vulnerability in the criminal process.
Blánaid Gavin, PhD, is Associate Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She is the co-founding editor of the journal Neurodiversity
Etain Quigley, PhD, is Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University, Ireland. Her research specialisms are neurodiversity and mental health. She is the co-founding editor of the journal Neurodiversity.
Emma Smith, PhD, received her Doctoriate in Communication and Culture from Toronto Metropolitan University and York University, Canada. She is an independent researcher and consultant in Toronto.
