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This groundbreaking book offers a powerful sociological and criminological exploration of disability, autism and mental health within the criminal justice system (CJS). Through life stories and critical analysis, it exposes the stigmatisation, miscommunication and injustices faced by neurodivergent individuals and their families. Drawing on care ethics and the concept of ‘careless’ and ‘careful’ spaces, the book reveals how structural inequalities shape everyday experiences and responses to difference.
With a focus on the emotional, practical and socio-political landscape, it addresses an overlooked area of research into the CJS. It offers new insights for policy, practice and research—insights that respect complexity, encourage empathy and make the invisible visible.
‘Imbued with care and insight, this powerful book amplifies unheard voices, reshaping how we understand disability and criminalisation.' Susie Weller, University of Oxford
'An engaging analysis of what it means to be criminalised and disabled, curated through the voices of mothers and sons. Full of insight, compassion and hope.' Amanda Holt, University of Roehampton
'In this book Chrissie Rogers tackles the challenging intersection of disability and criminality, exploring disabled perpetrators' and their mothers' experiences. She ventures where few scholars have gone before, arguing that understanding their lives reveals opportunities to prevent future harm.' Angharad Beckett, University of Leeds
'Criminalized and Disabled is a rich, provocative and novel contribution to our understanding of disability criminalisation and incarceration. Centring criminalised disabled men’s voices foregrounds their agency and voice while also conveying the complexities and nuances of their lives in and beyond criminal justice systems. Interweaving mothers’ perspectives highlights significant previously overlooked familial and gendered dynamics.' Linda Steele, University of Technology Sydney
'This book tells the troubling stories of criminalised learning-disabled men and their mothers. In describing the unexpected path of judgment and incarceration, we are offered a powerful and deeply human look at neurodivergence, justice, and caregiving. This book centres the voices of the stigmatised and oppressed, and in doing so provides an invaluable addition to scholarly works. It combines Rogers’ customary rigorous methodology with her powerful and engaging writing style. It is sure to become a groundbreaking text that extends beyond academia.' Hannah Mason-Bish, author of Disability, Gender, Bodies and Boundaries
1. Introduction
2. Beyond the Crime: Telling Stories
3. Mapping the Landscape, Listening to Professionals
4. Before & During Criminalization: Stories from the Men as Boys
5. A Sentence for Life: Mothering and Pathways to Crime
6. Crossing Boundaries and Sex Offending
7. Mothers as Caring Victims: Arrest to Incarceration
8. Arrest, Incarceration and Criminalized Disabled Men
9. Conclusion