How youth affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are treated in criminal jurisdictions скачать в хорошем качестве

How youth affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are treated in criminal jurisdictions

The Faculty of Law and Alcohol Healthwatch present a public lecture by Children’s Court Magistrate Judge Catherine Crawford of West Australia on how children adversely affected by neurodisability resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure, can be at increased risk of committing crime or being a victim of crime. Such outcomes are doomed to be repeated when there is systematic failure to identify and appropriately accommodate their disability across the lifespan. The International Consensus Statement on Legal Issues of FASD from Canada identified that the actions of people affected by FASD “clash with assumptions about human behaviour at almost every stage of the justice system”. The recent Privy Council decision to quash the 20 year murder conviction of Mr Teina Pora provides a timely reminder of the implications of getting this wrong.