Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in America, Pt. 3: The Criminal Justice System
28/10/2013 05:57
Individuals with an FASD are involved with the criminal justice system at an alarming rate. Youth and adults with FASD have a form of brain damage that may make it difficult for them to stay out of trouble with the law.
According to “A Proposed Model Standard for Forensic Assessment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders,” penned by a group of researchers in 2010, the average age children with an FASD begin having trouble with the law is 12.8 years old.
They sometimes do not know how to deal with police, attorneys, judges, social workers, psychiatrists, corrections and probation officers, and others they may encounter.