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What is Criminal Legal System

Chapter 10
The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships
The criminal legal or “justice” system are the systems of government and private agencies that deal with criminal law. These systems are typically comprised of policing, the courts, corrections, and all associated entities.
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A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System
Leslie-Dawn Quick (Marshall University, USA) and Radscheda R. Nobles (Winston Salem State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch010
Abstract
This chapter examines the overrepresentation of individuals with disabilities in our criminal legal system in policing, the courts, corrections, reentry, and as victims of crime. Individuals who have disabilities face discrimination throughout every level of the criminal legal system. This is especially true at the intersection of race, class, and disability. The system rarely makes appropriate accommodations, which produces additional inequality. Furthermore, over time the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have been eroded by the courts, thus exacerbating inequalities.
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