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Looked after children in prison as adults: life adversity and neurodisability
This study aims to understand whether these factors persist in LAC who are in prison as adults.Administrative data collected by the Do-IT profiler screening tool in a prison in Wales, UK, were analysed to compare sentenced prisoners who were LAC (n = 631) to sentenced prisoners who were not LAC (n = 2,201). The sample comprised all prisoners who were screened on entry to prison in a two-year period.Prisoners who were LAC scored more poorly on a functional screener for neurodisability (effect size = 0.24), and on four self-report measures capturing traits of dyslexia (0.22), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (0.40), ...
Source: International Journal of Prisoner Health - January 23, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Hope Kent Amanda Kirby George Leckie Rosie Cornish Lee Hogarth W. Huw Williams Source Type: research