Terms of reference
Preface
Summary

1. BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Scope of the reference
The principle of normalisation
DEFINITIONS OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Statutory definitions of intellectual disability in New South Wales
Clinical definitions of intellectual disability
Incidence and prevalence
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AMONGST
PERSONS CHARGED WITH OFFENCES
COURT COHORT STUDIES
LOCAL COURTS
THE FEMALE ACCUSED
RECOGNITION OF THE ACCUSED WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
SUMMARY

2. METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION
COURTS
RESEARCH OFFICERS
THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT
(a) Background information
(b) Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) - Matrices Section
(c) Mini-Mental State Examination, Abbreviated (MSE)
(d) Interviewer’s notes
THE SAMPLE
DATA ANALYSES

3. RESULTS
SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE
(a) Gender
(b) Ethnicity
(c) Education
(d) Employment
(e) Social Security
(f) Age
OFFENCES
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
PERFORMANCE ON THE K-BIT
MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MSE)

4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
MAJOR FINDINGS
REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE SAMPLE
RECOGNITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
CONCLUSIONS
FUTURE DIRECTIONS

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Highest grade completed
Table 2: Number of schools attended
Table 3: Employment
Table 4: Pension or Benefit
Table 5: Age range
Table 6: Offence category of most serious charge
Table 7: Number of previous offences
Table 8: K-BIT standard scores
Table 9: Distribution below standard score of 80
Table 10: Distribution of percentile ranks 10 and below
Table 11: Number of schools, and SS
Table 12: MSE Categories
Table 13: MSE and Gender