S32 Step By Step Guide
Clients with intellectual disability
Clients with intellectual disability in the criminal justice system
People with intellectual disability make up around 2 to 3 per cent of the community. Research shows that adults and children with intellectual disability are overrepresented at all stages of the criminal justice system.
The 2009 Health Survey of Young People in Custody found that 14 per cent of young people in custody have intellectual disability (IQ below 70) and 45.8 per cent of young people in custody are assessed as having borderline intellectual functioning or below.
Further, one in five Aboriginal young people in custody have intellectual disability. (See (external link) www.djj.nsw.gov.au/publication.htm#healthsurveys for full report.)
Effects and what to doWhat is intellectual disability?