Interventions for Persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Involved with the Criminal Justice System: a Scoping Review

Whittingham, Lisa; Cauduro, Emily; Laplante, JaCoya; Bishop, Courtney

doi:10.1007/s40474-022-00265-1

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“…Being released from custody directly at the courthouse rather than the correctional facility (Whittingham et al., 2020) or being held in a forensic inpatient unit beyond what is therapeutically required (Lin et al., 2022) may impede successful community reintegration. Studies evaluating the programmes and supports to assist with community re‐entry for people with IDD are lacking (Whittingham et al., 2022). Investing in IDD‐specific services and supports when transitioning out of the system may help reduce recidivism rates as well as the high cost and potential mismatch of needs with available services in emergency health care settings.…”

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Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story

Lunsky,

Matheson,

Kouyoumdjian

et al. 2024

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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BackgroundInternational studies show that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems; however, it is difficult to capture their involvement across systems in any one jurisdiction.AimsThe current study aimed to estimate the prevalence of IDD across different parts of the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems in Ontario and to describe the demographic and clinical profiles of these individuals relative to their counterparts without IDD.MethodsThis project utilised administrative data to identify and describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of adults with IDD and criminal justice or forensic involvement across four sectors: federal correctional facilities, provincial correctional facilities, forensic inpatient mental health care and community mental health programmes. Questions were driven by and results were contextualised by a project advisory group and people with lived experience from the different sectors studied, resulting in a series of recommendations.ResultsAdults with IDD were over‐represented in each of the four settings, ranging from 2.1% in federal corrections to 16.7% in forensic inpatient care. Between 20% (forensic inpatient) and 38.4% (provincial corrections) were under the age of 25 and between 34.5% (forensic inpatient) and 41.8% (provincial corrections) resided in the lowest income neighbourhoods. Medical complexity and rates of co‐occurring mental health conditions were higher for people with IDD than those without IDD in federal and provincial corrections.ConclusionsEstablishing a population‐based understanding of people with IDD within these sectors is an essential first step towards understanding and addressing service and care needs. Building on the perspectives of people who work in and use these systems, this paper concludes with intervention recommendations before, during and after justice involvement.

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