Disabled Victims Face Impaired Justice System, Advocates Say. Mayrav Saar.
by Saar, Mayrav; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 72Institutions. Publisher: Orange County Register, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Criminal justice -- Administration of | Developmentally disabled | People with disabilities -- Abuse of | Sex crimes | Victims of crimesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "People who can't see, hear or think like the general population are denied civil rights by a criminal justice system that ignores developmentally disabled crime victims, law enforcement and victim advocates say." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) This article examines why disabled victims of abuse often don't report the crimes committed against them, while revealing that "developmentally disabled people are raped, murdered and beaten at a rate of 9.4 times higher than the norm, but their cases get prosecuted 14 times less often."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Disabled Victims Face Impaired Justice System, Advocates Say, March 17, 2003; pp. n.p..
"People who can't see, hear or think like the general population are denied civil rights by a criminal justice system that ignores developmentally disabled crime victims, law enforcement and victim advocates say." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) This article examines why disabled victims of abuse often don't report the crimes committed against them, while revealing that "developmentally disabled people are raped, murdered and beaten at a rate of 9.4 times higher than the norm, but their cases get prosecuted 14 times less often."
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