Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion
4:00 pm
Dr. Sharon Lambert:
Yes, this involved somebody with an intellectual disability and their capacity to understand the consequence of what they had done. They were interested in the idea of the opposite sex but their understanding of how the mechanics of that worked was non-existent. If that person had been convicted, they would have ended up going down a different route that may not have been therapeutic. They were considered for the diversion programme and never reoffended. A huge amount of supports were put in around them to help them and to teach about psychosexual development.
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