Persons With Intellectual Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System

@article{Jones2007PersonsWI,
  title={Persons With Intellectual Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System},
  author={Jessica Jones},
  journal={International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology},
  year={2007},
  volume={51},
  pages={723 - 733},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27995011}
}
The following review will highlight the salient issues including prevalence of offending, characteristics of offenders, vulnerabilities within the legal system, assessment, and a brief overview of intervention and treatment approaches.
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