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Comparison of Selected Demographic, Educational, and Behavioral Factors Among Adolescent Mentally Retarded Offenders and Adolescent Mentally Retarded Nonoffenders

NCJ Number
101638
Journal
Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Dated: (Spring 1986) Pages: 5-24
Author(s)
T Russell; C F Boswell
Date Published
1986
Length
20 pages
Annotation
Within the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems of the United States there are offenders who, while considered competent to stand trial, are diagnosed as mentally retarded.
Abstract
The literature pointed out numerous problems and injustices faced by the mentally retarded caught in the criminal justice system. Numerous professionals concerned with the problem of mental retardation and the criminal justice system have echoed the feeling that any perspective on the solution to the overall problem must address itself to the matter of presentation. (Author abstract)

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