Mate crime: how to spot it, stop it and prevent it
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Mate crime: how to spot it, stop it and prevent it

Steve Vasey Head of north west charity Autism Together’s children and family service

Putting a name to an increasingly common crime against young people with learning disabilities and autism

Chaz is a young man with Asperger’s syndrome who lives in the north west of England with his grandmother. He is so desperate for companionship that he thinks it is fine to hang out with football thugs. He has recently appeared in court charged with fighting and inciting football violence alongside one of his ‘friends’.

Learning Disability Practice. 20, 1, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/ldp.20.1.11.s13

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