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Autism and the police : practical advice for officers and other first responders / Andrew Buchan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchan, Andy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autistic people--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Autistic people.
- Offenders with mental disabilities.
- People with mental disabilities and crime.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library , 2020.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- This is a practical guide for police officers and other first responders written by an autistic retired policeman, designed to demystify autistic behaviours and improve the treatment of autistic people caught up in the criminal justice system. Police officers and other emergency services are the first to arrive at the scene of an incident and it is vital they can recognise autistic behaviours and respond accordingly to avoid any escalation. This book lays out how to identify whether someone could be autistic and how officers can interact with them effectively and sensitively. Based on the author's many years of experience as a police officer it covers common scenarios such as stop and search, restraint and transportation, interviews and detention. For each potential encounter the book provides strategies, examples and tips to assist police in interacting safely and fairly with autistic people. In addition to police interactions, the book explains how to best respond to and assist autistic people through the Criminal Justice System and beyond.
- Contents:
- 1.A Guide to Autism
- What is autism?
- Terms used in the autism world
- What autism is not
- The senses
- Anxiety in autism
- Stress
- Anger
- Sensory overload
- Triggers, dislikes and allures
- Addiction
- How to recognise autism
- Criminal behaviour or autism?
- 2.How to deal with autism
- The Golden Rules
- Initial contact with an autistic person
- Echolalia
- Stop and search
- Hands on or not?
- Restraint and transportation
- One for the `thought locker'
- Carer assistance
- The `runner'
- In the custody block
- Medication
- Custody detention officers (CDOs)
- Appropriate adults (AAs)
- Registered Intermediaries
- Interviewing autistic people
- Presumed innocence
- The right disposal?
- Charging/formal cautioning an autistic person
- Bail
- Self-harm and suicide
- The police fan
- In your mind
- 3.Autism in the Wider CJS
- Dealing with victims and witnesses
- Mate crime
- Post investigation
- The autistic offender
- The court process
- Advice for the judiciary
- 4.Autism in Other Areas
- SPOC for autism
- Community policing and engagement.
- ISBN:
- 9781805015321
- 180501532X
- 9781787752856
- 1787752852
- OCLC:
- 1458356445
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