Disabling Criminal Justice: The Governance of Autistic Adult Defendants in the English Criminal Justice...

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Dr Marie Tidball

Disabling Criminal Justice

The Governance of Autistic Adult Defendants in the English Criminal Justice System

Dr Marie Tidball

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English

Hart Publishing
22 February 2024

Human rights; Courts & procedure; Criminal law & procedure; Disability & the law

This book considers the governance of autistic defendants and offenders in the UK courts.

Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including ‘vulnerability’, which the author argues obscures the rights of disabled people in the criminal justice system. In doing so it sheds light on how this group should be governed.

Drawing on rigorously-researched case studies of autistic adult defendants through the court process, the book brings together relevant legal and policy literature, criminological and criminal justice theory and disability studies to provide insight into the ‘dividing practices’ that affect the governance of disabled defendants’ conduct.

Using interviews with elites and practitioners, textual analysis, and court observation of eight autistic adult defendants through their court process, the book investigates why the status of autistic defendants as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 has been overlooked in criminal justice policy and criminal court decision-making.

It explores the impact of the ‘collateral’ effects and ‘symbiotic harm’ of the criminal justice process on family members who support these defendants through the criminal justice process.

By: Dr Marie Tidball
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781509956944
ISBN 10: 1509956948
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword, Professor Lucia Zedner (University of Oxford, UK) Foreword, Professor Anna Lawson (University of Leeds, UK) 1. Introduction: Autism, Criminality and the Criminal Justice System 2. Qualitative Methods and Inclusive Research Participation Part 1: How Should Autistic Adult Defendants be Governed? 3. Disabling Criminal Justice: Developing a Theoretical Toolkit Part 2: Strategies of Governance: Autistic Adult Defendants and Autism-Specific Policy 4. Disability vs Vulnerability in Liaison and Diversion 5. Mapping the Legislative Landscape: The Autism Act 2009, Autism Strategies and Statutory Guidance Part 3: Technologies of Governance: Criminal Court Practice 6: Pre-trial Shaping: The Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and Decision to Prosecute 7. To What Ends are they Governed? Negotiating the Courtroom, Remand and Plea 8. Dividing Practices in Case Disposal: Aggravating and Mitigating Factors and Sentencing 9. Governance Through the Family: Collateral Impact and ‘Symbiotic Harm’ for Defendants’ Families Part 4: ‘The Creation of Other Possible Ways of Living’ 10. Conclusion: The Normative Case for Disabling Criminal Justice

Marie Tidball is Founding Director and Coordinator of the Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project, UK. She is also Research Associate at Wadham College and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, UK.