Transformative Justice for Elimination of Barriers to Access to Justice for Persons with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities

The study of cultural barriers to women access to family justice

Access to justice is a concept that implies the practical and operational dimension of accessing individuals in judicial institutions and solving their legal problems.Equality of access to justice for all segments of society is really important, but most women have faced difficulties in accessing judicial institutions, especially in family matters.The emphasis of this paper is on the impact of ...

Understanding persons with intellectual disabilities in the criminal justice system: indicators of progress?

In 1980, something happened in my town that drew me into our criminal justice system as never before. On October 14, in Darien, Connecticut, Jimmy Hafner, age 13, was strangled with his own belt. He was last seen standing on the sidelines of an after-school soccer game. His friend, the goalie, recalled him being there. ''Jimmy was ragging me,'' he said. ''He just kept kidding me. You, know, it ...

Running head: ID AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1 Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Considerations for the Criminal Justice System

Access denied: institutional barriers to justice for victims of torture in Egypt.

This research explores the question - how do practices in key justice institutions affect the incidence and success of prosecutions of torture perpetrators in Egypt? The research question is grounded in the theory that torture prosecutions are crucial to ending the practice of torture, and based on the judgment that the number of prosecutions of torture perpetrators in Egypt is very small compa...

Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System and Implications for Transition Planning

The focus of this manuscript is on the challenges faced by individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities within the criminal justice system. Prevalence data are cited and these data are interpreted in light of possible rationales for the disproportionate number of individuals with disabilities present within the system. Then the specific challenges faced by individuals with disab...