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61 Crim. L.Q. 517 (2014)
Victims and Witnesses with Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System

handle is hein.journals/clwqrty61 and id is 541 raw text is: Victims and Witnesses with Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System Voula Marinos, Dorothy Griffiths, Christina Fergus, Samantha Stromski & Kelsey Rondeau 1. Introduction In recent decades there has been an increased emphasis on persons with an intellectual disability and the criminal justice system. Deinstitutionalization throughout North America has brought more persons with an intellectual disability into the community. They are vulnerable to the full range of crimes as persons without disabilities. However in particular, individuals with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience abuse.' Victimization often occurs in specialized environments for persons with an intellectual disability by people who have gained access to the individual because of the disability. At the same time, we have witnessed an enhanced awareness in recent decades of the challenges of persons with an intellectual disability within the criminal justice system when they seek justice for their victimization. There is recognition that persons with an intellectual disability are at greater risk within the judicial system not only due to their disability, but also because of their experience in institutions, their over-regulation through the law, and the lack of accommodations provided within various systems. With the recent UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with * Voula Marinos holds a Ph.D in Criminology and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Child & Youth Studies, Brock University. Her research publications are focused on criminal justice decision-making and processes for both youth and adults. Dorothy Griffiths, C.M., O.Ont., Ph.D is a Professor in the Department of Child & Youth, Brock University. She has written extensively in the area of persons with an intellectual disability and human rights. Drs. Marinos and Griffiths have co-written articles and reports about persons with an intellectual disability within the criminal justice system for academic and professional audiences. Additional co- authors from Brock Univesity include Christina Fergus, M.A., Samantha Stromski, M.A. Candidate, and Kelsey Rondeau, B.A. 1. D. Sobsey, Violence and abuse in the lives ofpeople with disabilities (Baltimore MD: Paul H. Brookes, 1994), at p. 75. 2. Ibid., at p. 80. 517

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