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Falling Away Into Disease: Disability-Deviance Narratives In American Crime Control, Matt Saleh
Falling Away Into Disease: Disability-Deviance Narratives In American Crime Control, Matt Saleh
St. John's Law Review
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Who in society is predisposed to crime? Many of us are familiar with cultural narratives that trace criminal behavior to some cognitive defect in the perpetrator. For instance, we might recall the persistent media allusions to Adam Lanza’s Asperger Syndrome after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, despite evidence that individuals on the autism spectrum are, on average, not more likely, and are quite possibly less likely, to commit serious crime in their lifetime. Similarly, popular narratives about the relationship between “mental illness” and violence are pervasive, despite the broad meaning of the terminology and a deeply-misunderstood …
First Race, Then Sex, Now Disability: The Fight Towards Increased And Equal Employment Of Individuals With Disabilities, Wallis Levy Granat
First Race, Then Sex, Now Disability: The Fight Towards Increased And Equal Employment Of Individuals With Disabilities, Wallis Levy Granat
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
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Think about a typical morning. 7:00 a.m.: You hear the dreaded alarm and moan as “Superstition” plays. You somehow manage to hit snooze and buy yourself another ten minutes of peaceful bliss. 7:10 a.m.: You roll over, turn the alarm off, and instinctually grab your iPhone. You check Facebook, your email, your Instagram, and your Chase bank account to make sure nothing has changed since you went to sleep. 7:15 a.m.: You reluctantly get out of bed and turn the lights on. 7:20 a.m.: You grab your favorite Tommy Hilfiger shirt and finish getting dressed. 7:25 a.m.: You turn …