ArticlePsychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law2022
Autistic adults and their experiences with police personnel: a qualitative inquiry.
Article in Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Virtual Reality Intervention to Empower Autistic People to Interact With Police: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial for Autistic Teens and Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Short report: Autistic adults' perceptions of gender, autism, and policing in the United States.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Policing Black autistic children: A qualitative approach to understanding Black caregivers' concerns.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- The extent to which family doctors have the ability to deal with patients with disabilities.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study uses a qualitative methodological approach to investigate the experiences that autistic adults have when encountering police personnel. An anonymous, online, semi-structured survey asking open-ended questions about individual experience was used, and the data were analysed thematically. Although only five participants comprised the final sample, the findings illustrate how - despite differences in types of interaction and police contact - similar experiences were reported. Almost all participants reported experiencing a negative interaction with police, coupled with a limited understanding of the events surrounding their encounter. Four participants experienced some form of being stopped and questioned. This study aims to examine alternative perspectives, as previous research has focused on criminal justice personnel perspectives rather than autistic perspectives. This is one of a few qualitative Australian studies to seek individualised experiences from a community-based sample. Sampling and recruitment strategies need revision to attain a larger number of surveys in future research.
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