Contents
Introduction. Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System: Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice | Debra Guthmann, Gabriel I. Lomas, and Damara Goff Paris
Part I | Research and Evaluation
1. Demographics and Etiology in Deafness: Sociocultural Elements of Relevance to the Criminal Justice System | Damara Goff Paris, E. Basil Kessler, and Gabriel A. “Tony” Martin
2. Assessing Linguistic Incompetence in the Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems | Roger C. Williams
3. Research Methods With Deaf People in the Justice System | Raychelle L. Harris and Donna M. Mertens
Part II | Theory, Practice, and Specialized Services
4. School-to-Prison Nexus: Deaf Youth and the Juvenile Justice System | Gabriel I. Lomas
5. Substance Use Disorders Among Deaf Offenders | Debra Guthmann and Marcia Kolvitz
6. Deaf People Within the Justice System: Insights From the United Kingdom | Susan O’Rourke, Sally Austen, and Elizabeth Wakeland
7. Discourse, Sign Language Interpreters, and the Criminal Justice System: Implications for Communicating With Deaf People | Theresa B. Smith
Part III | Legal Aspects
8. Deafness, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, and the Juvenile Delinquency System | Daniel Shaw
9. Nondiscrimination in the Criminal Justice System: An Examination of the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act | Barry C. Taylor and Rachel M. Weisberg
10. The Attorney–Client Relationship | Amber D. Farrelly
11. Disability Justice in the Age of Mass Incarceration | Talila A. Lewis
12. Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System: Concluding Thoughts | Debra Guthmann and Gabriel I. Lomas
Contributors
Index