Disabled people's experiences of and access to justice in the UK
A qualitative evidence review that explores evidence on disabled people’s lived experiences of and access to justice.
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This research was commissioned under the previous government and therefore does not necessarily reflect the policies of the current government. The views expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the government.
This report explores the evidence on disabled people’s lived experiences of and access to justice.
It builds on the findings from the systematic evidence review conducted by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds, and Disability Rights UK.
The findings of this evidence review show that:
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the criminal justice system, including its legal and rules-based norms, can be particularly difficult to navigate for people with learning difficulties, mental health conditions or neurodivergent conditions such as autism
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there is a need for more research on the experience and needs of people with learning difficulties in the criminal justice system, both as victims and as perpetrators
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there is an absence of research concerning the experience of people with physical impairments or visual impairments in the criminal justice system
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