This study reviews sentencing decisions of people diagnosed with intellectual disabilities who have been convicted of sexual offences by judges in Canada. Given the prevalence of people with intellectual disabilities managed within the criminal justice system (CJS), courts have increasingly been faced with issues concerning appropriate sentencing. In addition, many people with intellectual disabilities have complex social and medical backgrounds that require multidisciplinary perspectives to account for each person's legal and moral culpability, which in turn influences sentencing decisions, including placement in prisons versus rehabilitation programs. The legal databases Canlii and LexisNexis Quicklaw were used to search full text judgements from Canadian courts for adults (over the age of 18) diagnosed with an intellectual disability and charged with a sexual offence. In total, 61 cases were included within the full-text review. These cases were analyzed based on the accused's demographics, past social history, past medical history, current diagnoses, past criminal record, current charges, mitigating/aggravating factors, use of a Gladue report, sentence, and other pertinent information that contributed to the final judgement. Recommendations on how to increase the effectiveness of the CJS in trying and sentencing people with intellectual disabilities are made based on the findings of this study.

本研究回顾了被加拿大法官判定犯有性犯罪的智障人士的量刑决定。鉴于在刑事司法系统 (CJS) 内管理的智障人士的普遍存在，法院越来越多地面临有关适当量刑的问题。此外，许多智障人士具有复杂的社会和医学背景，需要多学科视角来解释每个人的法律和道德责任，这反过来又会影响量刑决定，包括入狱与康复计划。法律数据库 Canlii 和 LexisNexis Quicklaw 用于搜索加拿大法院对被诊断患有智力障碍并被指控犯有性犯罪的成年人（18 岁以上）的全文判决。全文综述共纳入 61 例。这些案件是根据被告的人口统计资料、过去的社会历史、过去的病史、目前的诊断、过去的犯罪记录、目前的指控、减轻/加重因素、使用 Gladue 报告、判决和其他有助于最终得出结论的相关信息进行分析的。判断。根据这项研究的结果，就如何提高 CJS 在审判和判刑智障人士方面的有效性提出了建议。这些案件是根据被告的人口统计资料、过去的社会历史、过去的病史、目前的诊断、过去的犯罪记录、目前的指控、减轻/加重因素、使用 Gladue 报告、判决和其他有助于最终确定的相关信息进行分析的。判断。根据这项研究的结果，就如何提高 CJS 在审判和判刑智障人士方面的有效性提出了建议。这些案件是根据被告的人口统计资料、过去的社会历史、过去的病史、目前的诊断、过去的犯罪记录、目前的指控、减轻/加重因素、使用 Gladue 报告、判决和其他有助于最终得出结论的相关信息进行分析的。判断。根据这项研究的结果，就如何提高 CJS 在审判和判刑智障人士方面的有效性提出了建议。