... 04 12 2017 © 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Criminal justice system Hate crime Autism spectrum disorder Victim In the UK, a substantial proportion of people with ASD live either in the family home...

... (McCarthy et al., 2015). It was an expectation that criminal justice system (CJS) workers such as police officers, court and prison staff should have a working knowledge of ASD. However, in reality, the context was one in which there was not only a widespread lack of awareness, but also...

... Criminal justice system Autism Probation Autistic spectrum condition In 2009 two significant events triggered substantial activity in the area of autism and its interface with the criminal justice system. The Autism Act 2009 required that local authorities make provision for people...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Criminal justice system Autism spectrum disorder Forensic Autism Offending behaviour Autism spectrum condition People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who engage in offending behaviour are a small...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Criminal justice system Autism The experience of this mother will shock many people but for many clinicians, stories like this are all too common. In reality the system can appear...

... , Vol. 49 No. 2 , pp. 367 - 402 . King , C. and Murphy , G.H. (2014), “ A systematic review of people with autism spectrum disorder and the criminal justice system ”, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders , Vol. 44 No. 11 , pp. 2717 - 33 . Ledingham , R...

... journey from the patient and clinician perspectives. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Criminal justice system Autism Learning disability Forensic Offending behaviour Challenging behaviour In the first of a series of articles on perspectives on autism care...

... and offending was undertaken. This paper looks at the particular focus of the literature on the involvement of individuals with ADHD and ASD within the criminal justice system. Findings – There is some evidence of a link between ADHD and criminality. However, the relationship between ASD and offending...