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A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System

A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System

Leslie-Dawn Quick, Radscheda R. Nobles
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781668441282|ISBN10: 1668441284|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668441299|EISBN13: 9781668441305
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch010
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Quick, Leslie-Dawn, and Radscheda R. Nobles. "A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System." The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships, edited by Tyler Ross Flockhart, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 173-188. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch010

APA

Quick, L. & Nobles, R. R. (2022). A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System. In T. Flockhart, A. Reiter, & M. Hassett (Eds.), The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships (pp. 173-188). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch010

Chicago

Quick, Leslie-Dawn, and Radscheda R. Nobles. "A Failure to Accommodate: Inequality, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System." In The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships, edited by Tyler Ross Flockhart, Abigail Reiter, and Matthew R. Hassett, 173-188. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch010

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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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