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Staying Positive: The Criminal Justice System and Learning Disabilities (Easy Read Information for people with Learning Disabilities and Learning Difficulties).

This provides information about a handbook for staff in the criminal justice system about offenders with learning disabilities.

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This is a booklet for people with a learning disability or learning disability. It provides information about a recent publication called ‘Positive Practice, Positive Outcomes’, which is a handbook for staff in the criminal justice system about offenders with learning disability or learning disabilities. This booklet also provides some useful information about the criminal justice system.

Positive Practice Positive Outcomes - A handbook for professionals in the criminal justice system working with offenders with a learning disability

Published 1 March 2011