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Template to Perpetrate: An Update on Violence in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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- As warm as competent, really? On the importance of stereotype facets in the context of autism.The British journal of social psychology · 2026Article
- Game Changer: Exploring the Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Traits and Other Offending Risk Factors in a London-Based Forensic Youth Population.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Close Relationships Despite the Challenges: Sibling Relationships and Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- A descriptive study of young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder referred to a Fixated Threat Assessment Centre.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2025Article
- 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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- ASD Symptoms, Social Skills, and Comorbidity: Predictors of Bullying Perpetration.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Aberrant motor contagion of emotions in psychopathy and high-functioning autism.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 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
- Brain structural alterations in autism and criminal psychopathy.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2022Article
- Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Criminal Justice System.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
- Sensory Processing and Aggressive Behavior in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- The face validity of an initial sub-typology of people with autism spectrum disorders detained in psychiatric hospitals.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2020Article
- The Measurement of Adult Pathological Demand Avoidance Traits.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- Higher Autistic Traits Among Criminals, But No Link to Psychopathy: Findings from a High-Security Prison in Portugal.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Article
- Social cognition in aggressive offenders: Impaired empathy, but intact theory of mind.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Treatment of Aggression in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review.Harvard review of psychiatryReview
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Abstract
introductionFor the past two decades, researchers have been using various approaches to investigate the relationship, if any, between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and violence. The need to clarify that relationship was reinforced by the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012 by an individual diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. The purpose of this article is (1) to provide an updated review of the literature on the association between ASD and violence, and (2) to examine implications for treating, and for preventing violence by, individuals with ASD.
methodA review of all published literature regarding ASD and violence from 1943 to 2014 was conducted using electronic and paper searches.
resultsAlthough some case reports have suggested an increased violence risk in individuals with ASD compared to the general population, prevalence studies have provided no conclusive evidence to support this suggestion. Among individuals with ASD, however, generative (e.g., comorbid psychopathology, social-cognition deficits, emotion-regulation problems) and associational (e.g., younger age, Asperger's syndrome diagnosis, repetitive behavior) risk factors have been identified or proposed for violent behavior.
conclusionsWhile no conclusive evidence indicates that individuals with ASD are more violent than those without ASD, specific generative and associational risk factors may increase violence risk among individuals with ASD. Further research would help to clarify or confirm these findings, suggest potential directions for evaluation, treatment, and prevention, and potentially provide compelling empirical support for forensic testimony regarding defendants with ASD charged with violent crimes.
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