February 25, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2pm
Tuesday 25 February, Centre for Addiction Research, 1pm-2pm – Room 507, LG002, Grafton Campus.
FREE. This event can be attended both in-person and online.
The Zoom link is https://auckland.zoom.us/j/95832330640 (no registration required).
Dr Gilbert will discuss findings from a recent study of 11-16 year-olds with FASD who have interacted with the justice system. The results suggest they are ‘significantly more susceptible to leading questions, negative feedback and suggestibility […] compared to their neurotypical peers’. This, combined with poor memory, sometimes lower IQ and heightened impulsivity, means miscarriages of justice are all too common.
This important seminar will be chaired by Dr Joanna Chu from the University of Auckland - please contact her at [email protected] if you have any questions.
PLEASE NOTE: while in Aotearoa / NZ, Dr Gilbert would be keen to interview more participants for his global study 'FASD and the Justice System' (click here to see flyer). You can take part in his survey here or contact him directly at [email protected].
Dr David Junior Gilbert is a University Fellow in the School of Health and Society at Salford University, UK. Gilbert's research is focused on investigating the vulnerabilities of individuals with FASD within the justice system.
Gilbert (as he prefers to be called) has received several awards within and outside the UK for his research/presentation of his research work. He is a member of the academic network of Her Majesty's Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), Society for Evidence-Based policing, Neurodivergence in the Criminal Justice Network, and Salford FASD research group.
Gilbert is passionate about increasing the knowledge, understanding and awareness surrounding the vulnerabilities of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to, and within criminal justice system (CJS) encounters.
