Intellectual disabilities in Irish prisons: Could Article 13 of the UNCRPD hold the key?
Intellectual disabilities
Ireland
Law enforcement official
Police
Prisons
UNCRPD
Journal
International journal of law and psychiatry
ISSN: 1873-6386
Titre abrégé: Int J Law Psychiatry
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7806862
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
17
11
2019
revised:
27
12
2019
accepted:
28
12
2019
entrez:
9
2
2020
pubmed:
9
2
2020
medline:
13
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The prevalence of intellectual disabilities amongst adult prisoners in Ireland is higher than international estimates. There is little evidence that the development of diversion services has impacted such prevalence. The authors argue that Ireland's ratification of the UNCRPD presents a timely opportunity to address this problem through an awareness programme aimed at frontline law enforcement officials.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32033704
pii: S0160-2527(19)30200-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101540
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101540Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest GG is Chair of the Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. The views expressed are his own. AC, SK and CPD have no conflicts of interest to declare.