Legal Issues

Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-65

  Baroff, George S ^a   Gunn, Michael ^b   Hayes, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative dispositions; Criminal justice system; Developmental disabilities; Stand trial; Vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948761928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713440.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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