02988caa a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041100001800055245010700073260000900180270011300189300001000302490002100312520113700333653113701470773005502607856010002662942001502762999001702777210621s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2320-6233  aVenkatesan, S 0aEngagement Between Justice System Vis-À-Vis Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities  c2015  aProfessor, Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore: 570 006 (Karnataka) India  a30-56  vVolume 3 Issue 1  aWhile persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities are deemed as legitimate and equitable stakeholders under various provisions of law, there are reasons to suspect that ground realities could be different. Based on a research design that combines case study and cross sectional survey, data was elicited from 75 informants to compile 10 distinct areas, 37 themes and 7 levels of their contemplated and/or attempted engagements with the justice system. The areas of concern cover marriage, education, health, housing, employment, inheritance, citizenship, civil and political participation, legal capacity, decision-making, custody, reimbursement, and victimization. A second layer analysis reveals specific themes, their places of visitation, illustrative problems and issues. Although there is apparent intent to seek judicial redress, their actual engagements with the formal justice system is minimal at 41%, and the eventual ‘verdict rate’ is even lower at 13%. Related issues are raised with plea for jurisprudence to be sensitive towards uplifting, amelioration and empowerment of these persons in the country  aWhile persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities are deemed as legitimate and equitable stakeholders under various provisions of law, there are reasons to suspect that ground realities could be different. Based on a research design that combines case study and cross sectional survey, data was elicited from 75 informants to compile 10 distinct areas, 37 themes and 7 levels of their contemplated and/or attempted engagements with the justice system. The areas of concern cover marriage, education, health, housing, employment, inheritance, citizenship, civil and political participation, legal capacity, decision-making, custody, reimbursement, and victimization. A second layer analysis reveals specific themes, their places of visitation, illustrative problems and issues. Although there is apparent intent to seek judicial redress, their actual engagements with the formal justice system is minimal at 41%, and the eventual ‘verdict rate’ is even lower at 13%. Related issues are raised with plea for jurisprudence to be sensitive towards uplifting, amelioration and empowerment of these persons in the country  aInternational Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry  uhttp://www.indianjournals.com/IJOR.ASPX?target=ijor:ijpp3&volume=3&issue=1&article=003&type=pdf  cFJASyFJAS  c17666d17666