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Autism spectrum disorder in the criminal justice system : a guide to understanding suspects, defendants and offenders with autism / Dr Clare S. Allely.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allely, Clare S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Offenders with mental disabilities.
- Autism spectrum disorders.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Child Development Disorders, Pervasive.
- Medical Subjects:
- Child Development Disorders, Pervasive.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- Biography/History:
- Dr Clare S. Allely is a Reader in Forensic Psychology at the University of Salford in Manchester, England and is an affiliate member of the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Clare also acts as an expert witness in criminal cases involving defendants with autism spectrum disorder.
- Contents:
- What is autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
- ASD and offending behaviour : why it is important to recognise how ASD symptomology can provide the context of vulnerability for engaging in offending and important considerations when interviewed by police and other criminal justice professionals
- Risk assessment : ASD and issues with current standardised risk assessment
- Prevalence of ASD in forensic settings
- Psychiatric co-morbidity in ASD
- ASD in the courtroom : why it is important to recognise this disorder in defendants
- ASD and arson
- ASD and sexual offences (offline and online)
- ASD and cybercrime
- ASD and violent offending
- ASD and radicalisation and extremism
- ASD and extreme violence
- ASD and stalking
- ASD in the prison environment
- Conclusions and recommendations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Allely, Clare S. Autism spectrum disorder in the criminal justice system
- ISBN:
- 9781003212195
- 1003212190
- 9781000569803
- 1000569802
- 9781000569766
- 1000569764
- Publisher Number:
- 99996162352
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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