ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018
Higher Autistic Traits Among Criminals, But No Link to Psychopathy: Findings from a High-Security Prison in Portugal.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The relationship between psychopathy and autism: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 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
- Characterization of autism spectrum disorder inside prison.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaPooled it
- Challenging the prescientific frameworks of criminal justice: neurobiology and criminolytic interventions in the legalome era.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Breaking Down the Stigma: A Review of the Literature on the Relationships between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Criminal Behavior.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Aberrant motor contagion of emotions in psychopathy and high-functioning autism.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2022Article
- Does a Person's Autism Play a Role in Their Interactions with Police: The Perceptions of Autistic Adults and Parent/Carers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
The relationship between autism, criminality and psychopathy has gained increased attention in recent years, although research has focused on autism spectrum disorders, and not autistic traits. We measured autistic traits (with the Autism Spectrum Quotient) in a sample of 101 inmates from a high-security prison and compared them to a control group, using a logistic regression model that included age, education, psychopathology, psychopathy and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder as covariates. Prisoners had more autistic traits (OR 1.13, p = 0.002) due to higher scores in the communication (OR 1.23) and imagination (OR 1.30) domains. No correlations were found between autistic and psychopathic traits. Our study points to the presence of autistic traits as being independent risk factors for imprisonment, although not associated with psychopathy.
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