Interest in neurodivergence, particularly autism, and its impact on suspects and defendants in the criminal process has grown significantly in recent years, domestically and globally. A significant gap nevertheless remains in relation to (socio)-legal perspectives on the role and effectiveness of criminal defence lawyers for the Autistic accused. Drawing from diverse literature and original empirical insights, this book provides a timely and original contribution to the growing field by ex...

This book explores key topics in the area of neurodivergence and the criminal justice system (CJS) of England and Wales, encompassing a synopsis of up-to-date academic literature, key challenges in the area, and the practical implications for fair and effective justice processes.Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to encounter the CJS as victims and accused persons, in addition to being more likely to face barriers and adverse outcomes associated with CJS involvement. It is ...

This collection presents a comparative assessment of issues impacting disclosure of criminal evidence in a range of international jurisdictions. The book introduces the major features driving disclosure practice in a mixture of common and civil law countries from across the world, including the global north and south and drawn from an extensive range of collaborators. This wide breadth of perspectives provides a comprehensive overview of how disclosure functions. Each chapter is underpinne...

When he arrives to take up his first post as a GP in the small West of Scotland village of Collintrae, young Tom Smith isn’t quite sure what to expect. Nothing in his medical training prepared him for what he comes up against in his first few years there a baker with nine lives, Mad Maggie and her Mammy in the River Muck, and a gaggle of giggling nuns. Heart warming and gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom’s stories will touch you with their humour and charm. They capture the beauty of Scotland’s ...

Tom Smith is the doctor you wish you had and he's got all the time in the world...You might make an appointment with your GP to enquire about a persistent cough or a septic toe. But when do you get to ask the questions that you really want the answers to? All those health mysteries - some trivial, some serious, some downright weird - they are the ones that really matter, the niggling worries which keep you up at night...Will I age at the same rate as my mother? Could my birthmark be cancer...

"Eat That Elephant" is an uplifting, playful self-help guide by Toronto-based project manager and motivational speaker Tom Smith. Using the classic metaphor—"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time"—Smith transforms overwhelming life challenges into manageable, joyful adventures, encouraging readers to approach big goals with creativity, persistence, and fun.The book unfolds across nine chapters, guiding readers step by step:Chapter 1 helps identify your personal "el...

"Eat That Elephant" is an uplifting, playful self-help guide by Toronto-based project manager and motivational speaker Tom Smith. Using the classic metaphor—"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time"—Smith transforms overwhelming life challenges into manageable, joyful adventures, encouraging readers to approach big goals with creativity, persistence, and fun.The book unfolds across nine chapters, guiding readers step by step:Chapter 1 helps identify your personal "el...

Picking up from where A Seaside Practice left off, in Going Loco Dr Tom takes time out from the surgery for stints as a medical researcher and reporter, describing his travels from Rio to Miami, Vienna to Buenos Aires. Part memoir, part travelogue, Going Loco takes us on a journey around the medical world, from the challenge of malaria and sleeping sickness in up-country Kenya to the stress of smuggling beagle dogs into Amsterdam. We meet impossible patients, brave souls, a few mad doctors...

**“Spiritual kin to Gertude Stein, Tom Smith exalts in inspired wordplay, running the gamut from sublime nonsense to the most surprising sorts of common sense, so deftly that it’s sometimes hard to tell which is which. He is a virtuoso of the ruggedly original.”—Harry Smithpublishing, poet, essayist (Pulpsmith, The Sexy Sixties)“In Spending the Light we are given…the distilled wisdom and wit and experience of a lifetime, with more than half a century of it devoted to ...

This is the story of Frank Sinatra with a twist: an account of his life and art from an unconventional point of view - his prodigious appetite for alcohol. There are more than enough tales and anecdotes to make a compelling case that his fondness for booze was an integral element of his character, his lifestyle, his marriages and extramarital relationships and his creative output. The book doubles as a practical cocktail manual, containing over fifty recipes for preparing the fancy drinks ...

Have you ever felt a tension between developing your internal spiritual life and the call to outward service in the world? Those of us who are more naturally activists risk becoming bitter, tired and burned out. Those of us who gravitate toward the contemplative life may struggle to connect our spirituality with the world around us. How do we allow the life of Jesus to flow through our whole bodies into our everyday lives?This book is a result of how Tom Smith held these questions in tensi...

"How it all Began!" - Stan Lee Comics presents MIGHTY 7," a sensational new superhero property from the creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and more!! When a crew of sinister, alien prisoners and their jailers are blasted across the galaxy, their ship lands smack dab in front of legendary comic book creator Stan the man" Lee! What does this alien arrival mean for planet Earth?! Reality meets fantasy as the "Mighty 7" journey begins!