SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2014
A systematic review of people with autism spectrum disorder and the criminal justice system.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 240 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adverse outcomes for autistic people: an umbrella review of mental health, physical health, social and lifestyle domains.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The effectiveness of interventions for offending behaviours in adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD): a systematic PRISMA review.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Autistic People and the Criminal Justice System: An Update of King and Murphy (2014).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Verbal, Visual, and Intermediary Support for Child Witnesses with Autism During Investigative Interviews.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2017Trial
- Ideological dilemmas of policing on the spectrum: Using critical discursive psychology to examine how neurodivergent police manage their identity framing.Discourse & society · 2026Article
- Autism as a Predictor of Deviant Peer Association: Testing for Dual Systems Model Mediation Effects.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Offenders with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Case Series and Diagnostic Considerations in Forensic Psychiatry.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Neurodivergence and Threat: A Case Study on the Risk of Violent Fixations in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Cureus · 2024Article
- Breaking Down the Stigma: A Review of the Literature on the Relationships between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Criminal Behavior.Brain sciences · 2024Review
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- Creating the Global Criminal Justice Survey: A Questionnaire Designed to Gather Perspectives from the Autism Community and Criminal Justice Professionals.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Forensic interviews conducted with autistic adults in Japan: a review of the literature and directions for future research.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2024Article
- Self-beneficial transactional social dynamics for cooperation in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome: a mixed-subject analysis using computational pragmatics.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- A survey of the workplace experiences of police force employees who are autistic and/or have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Non-pharmacological treatment for individuals with autism spectrum conditions who display harmful sexual behaviour.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2023Review
- Autism Spectrum Disorders in forensic psychiatric investigations-patterns of comorbidity and criminality.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Adults with autism spectrum disorder and the criminal justice system: An investigation of prevalence of contact with the criminal justice system, risk factors and sex differences in a specialist assessment service.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- Criminal justice system interactions among young adults with and without autism: A national birth cohort study in New Zealand.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- Chinese College Students' Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Social Distance from Individuals with ASD: The Mediating Role of Negative Stereotypes.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Vulnerability to Ideologically-Motivated Violence Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
This paper provides a systemic review of the available literature on people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the criminal justice system (CJS). The review considers two main types of study: those that examined the prevalence of people with ASD in the CJS and those that examined the prevalence of offending in populations with ASD. In addition, types of offences in people with ASD, co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses, and characteristics of people with ASD who commit offences (including predisposing factors) are considered. A combination of search terms was used in a variety of databases in order to find all of the available literature on this topic, and research studies were included based on specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. It was found that whilst there is an emerging literature base on this topic, there are a wide variety of methodologies used, making direct comparison difficult. Nevertheless it can be concluded so far that people with ASD do not seem to be disproportionately over-represented in the CJS, though they commit a range of crimes and seem to have a number of predisposing features. There is poor evidence of the presence of comorbid psychiatric diagnoses (except in mental health settings) amongst offenders with ASD, and little evidence of the oft-asserted over-representation of certain kinds of crimes. It is recommended that further research of good quality is required in this area, rather than studies that examine populations that are not representative of all those with ASD.
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