From Arrest to Trial - Neurodiversity in the Criminal Justice System

Introduction

Not all vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System are immediately visible. While we often recognize when a client is clearly mentally unwell, many challenges are less obvious and these can have a significant impact on criminal proceedings.

What about those whose difficulties may not be so obvious? What does neurodiversity mean and how does it effect a person facing criminal proceedings, maybe for the first time? Understanding and supporting neurodivergent clients is becoming an essential part of ensuring fairness in the justice system.

This webinar will explore what neurodiversity means in practice, how you can identify and then support clients who are neurodivergent at all stages of criminal proceedings and what role you can play to ensure that the Criminal Justice System is fair to those who are neurodivergent.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Neurodiversity - what is it and what does it mean?
• What, if anything, has changed over recent years? How recent developments have changed approaches to supporting neurodivergent clients
• Key signs - What to spot and when
• Best practices when working with neurodivergent clients
• Issues to consider at the police station
• Considerations for Court - both Magistrates and Crown
• Do we need to think about fitness to plead?
• Sentencing and beyond

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 25th February 2026

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