Thursday, August 03, 2006

[USA] Is There Justice in the Juvenile Justice System? Examining the Role of Fetal Alcohol

Volume 3 - No. 1 – Spring 2006
PDF - http://www.cjcj.org/pdf/is_there.pdf
Sharon J. Williams
“This paper examines cases handled by U.S. State juvenile justice courts in order to determine whether the court acted justly in cases where the defendant had a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), which is an ‘umbrella’ term that describes the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy, including physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong effects.”