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Offenders with autism spectrum disorder

Hofvander, Björn LU (2018) 1-2. p.273-299
Abstract

This chapter expresses that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous disorder where several neural networks are involved in producing the behavioral symptoms. Comorbidity in other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders is a hallmark of ASD. The chapter presents an overview of the clinical and neurobiological characteristics of ASD as well as the literature on the association between ASD and offending. The integrated emotion systems model hypothesizes that deviant social behavior, such as violence, is the result of inhibited emotional development caused by dysfunction in the amygdala and other limbic system regions, like the hippocampus, hypothalamus, anterior cingulate cortex, insular cortex, and ventral striatum.... (More)

This chapter expresses that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous disorder where several neural networks are involved in producing the behavioral symptoms. Comorbidity in other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders is a hallmark of ASD. The chapter presents an overview of the clinical and neurobiological characteristics of ASD as well as the literature on the association between ASD and offending. The integrated emotion systems model hypothesizes that deviant social behavior, such as violence, is the result of inhibited emotional development caused by dysfunction in the amygdala and other limbic system regions, like the hippocampus, hypothalamus, anterior cingulate cortex, insular cortex, and ventral striatum. Importantly, a defendant with ASD most often lacks the ability to correctly imagine, interpret, or predict others' thoughts, feelings, or behaviors and they will therefore have difficulty in understanding the consequences of their own or others' actions and are unlikely to be aware of how their behavior is interpreted by others.

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Amygdala, Autism spectrum disorder, Behavioral symptoms, Comorbidity, Emotional development, Ventral striatum, Vulnarable defendant
host publication
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Forensic Neuroscience
editor
Beech, Anthony R. ; Carter, Adam J. ; Mann, Ruth E. and Rotshtein, Pia
volume
1-2
pages
27 pages
publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
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  • scopus:85049815467
ISBN
9781118650868
9781118650929
DOI
10.1002/9781118650868.ch11
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English
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yes
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0e8c868c-bb25-4d48-8db2-8371587e1fd7
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  author       = {{Hofvander, Björn}},
  booktitle    = {{The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Forensic Neuroscience}},
  editor       = {{Beech, Anthony R. and Carter, Adam J. and Mann, Ruth E. and Rotshtein, Pia}},
  isbn         = {{9781118650868}},
  keywords     = {{Amygdala; Autism spectrum disorder; Behavioral symptoms; Comorbidity; Emotional development; Ventral striatum; Vulnarable defendant}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  pages        = {{273--299}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  title        = {{Offenders with autism spectrum disorder}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118650868.ch11}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/9781118650868.ch11}},
  volume       = {{1-2}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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