Date of Award
5-17-2002
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Offenders with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) are being inadequately identified and addressed in Alaska's criminal justice system. Without recognition of the problems associated with FAS (e.g., slow cognitive pacing, language impairments, impaired ability to deal with abstract concepts such as time) the alcohol-affected individual's ability to understand and effectively participate in the criminal justice process is compromised. This thesis examines the challenges that people with FAS and other prenatal alcohol exposure conditions present for Alaska's criminal justice system. Ways of protecting people prenatally exposed to alcohol against poor life outcomes, like trouble with the law are explained. Additionally, I present effective steps that criminal justice system entities utilize to assist people with disabilities who commit crimes and discuss their adaptation to the problems of people with FAS.
Recommended Citation
Harwood, Maureen Frances, "Alcohol-affected offenders: Alaska's crime conundrum" (2002). Arctic and Northern Studies. 30.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_grad_arctic_northern/30
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6344