Vulnerability in custody: perceptions and practices of police officers and criminal justice professionals in meeting the communication needs of offenders with learning disabilities and learning difficulties
Vulnerability in custody: perceptions and practices of police officers and criminal justice professionals in meeting the communication needs of offenders with learning disabilities and learning difficulties
Information provision and communication within the Criminal Justice System (CJS) can be highly problematic for young people and adults with learning disabilities and difficulties. Paper-based communication is common, and mandated for the provision of rights and entitlements in custody, but such communication can be poorly understood, potentially leading to miscarriages of justice. This article uses the piloting of a more accessible version of the rights and entitlements notice in custody to explore the communication practices with vulnerable detained persons from the perspectives of professionals within the CJS. As a legally mandated text in a context heavily imbued with organisational power, the rights and entitlements notice in custody has sociological significance as a lens through which organisational practices, and understandings, can be examined. The stressful, fast-paced and transitional context of custody shapes communication and interaction in ways that are challenging for the detained person and also the professionals who support them.
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Parsons, Sarah
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Sherwood, Georgina
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June 2016
Parsons, Sarah
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Sherwood, Georgina
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Parsons, Sarah and Sherwood, Georgina
(2016)
Vulnerability in custody: perceptions and practices of police officers and criminal justice professionals in meeting the communication needs of offenders with learning disabilities and learning difficulties.
Disability & Society, 31 (4), .
(doi:10.1080/09687599.2016.1181538).
Abstract
Information provision and communication within the Criminal Justice System (CJS) can be highly problematic for young people and adults with learning disabilities and difficulties. Paper-based communication is common, and mandated for the provision of rights and entitlements in custody, but such communication can be poorly understood, potentially leading to miscarriages of justice. This article uses the piloting of a more accessible version of the rights and entitlements notice in custody to explore the communication practices with vulnerable detained persons from the perspectives of professionals within the CJS. As a legally mandated text in a context heavily imbued with organisational power, the rights and entitlements notice in custody has sociological significance as a lens through which organisational practices, and understandings, can be examined. The stressful, fast-paced and transitional context of custody shapes communication and interaction in ways that are challenging for the detained person and also the professionals who support them.
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Accepted/In Press date: 19 April 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 May 2016
Published date: June 2016
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/393068
ISSN: 0968-7599
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