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ArticlePsychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law2026

Supporting people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) involved in the criminal justice system: justice and allied health professionals' insights.

Bernadette Saunders, Gaye Lansdell, Anna Eriksson

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Article in Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Bernadette SaundersSocial Work, Victoria University, Footscray, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-9874
Gaye LansdellLaw Faculty, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-1590
Anna ErikssonCriminology, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-2299

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concerning rates of acquired brain injury (ABI) among adults and young people involved in the criminal justice system raise questions about support needs and issues that they face within, and at the juncture between, community-based service systems and criminal justice systems. Data from two studies in Victoria Australia, between 2015 and 2021, highlight key issues that experienced professionals identify as contributors to the repeated cycling through the criminal justice system of people living with an ABI. Systemic issues including poor ABI-literacy; failure to identify, assess or diagnose an ABI (especially among young people); insufficient specialist ABI services; inadequate care coordination and holistic, ongoing community support; and poor integration and information-sharing between custodial and community-based services lead to inappropriate and indifferent responses and attitudes. Our findings, discussion and recommendations provide insights to assist justice and allied health professionals, and to policymakers to thwart patterns of entrenchment in the criminal justice system.

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ABIacquired brain injuryadult offendersallied healthcare planning and managementcriminal justice systemneurodisabilitysocial service systemyoung peopleyouth justice

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PMID42211419
PMCPMC13215428

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