Overview
Examines issues and implications confronting individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Asperger’s within the legal system
Explores pathways and risks for unlawful behaviors and individuals with ASD, both as victim and perpetrator
Addresses key considerations for attorneys dealing with defendants who have ASD
Reviews alternative approaches for first responders to manage situations involving individuals with ASD
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Aggression and autism
- Asperger’s and the law
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the legal system
- Child exploitation and ASD
- Cybercrime and autism
- Empathy and autism
- Expert witnesses and autism
- First responder training and individuals with ASD
- Impulsivity and ASD
- Individuals with ASD as perpetrators of crime
- Individuals with ASD as victims of crime
- Legal defense of individuals with autism
- Postconviction diagnoses of ASD
- Psychiatric co-morbidity and ASD
- Sexual offenses and autism
- Social learning deficits and ASD
- Stalking and ASD
- Unlawful behaviors and autism
- Violence and autism
- Witness testimony and autism
About this book
Key areas of coverage include:
- Autistic people as victims and perpetrators of criminal activities, including violence, stalking, sexual exploitation, and cybercrime.
- Risks for unlawful behavior in individuals with autism and Asperger's.
- Legal assessment issues, such as witness protection and postconviction diagnoses.
- Legal outcomes for autistic people, including case law, prevention, service provisions in correctional settings, and rights and support systems.
The Handbook of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law is an essential, comprehensive resource that explores the risk for unlawful behaviors affecting autistitc people as victims and perpetrators, as well as related issues of assessment and treatment, and outcome. It is a must-have reference for researchers, clinicians/practitioners, and graduate students in psychology, psychiatry, social work, and law, as well as professionals in such related fields, as criminology/criminal justice and the legal system.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rachel Loftin is an autism specialist trained in school and clinical psychology. She maintains a private practice that offers diagnosis and assessment, therapy, and consultation on educational and legal cases. She is adjunct faculty in the psychiatry departments in the psychiatry departments of Northwestern and Yale University. She was previously an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center, where she was the clinical director of the autism program. Dr. Loftin completed fellowship training in developmental disorders at Yale.
Alexander Westphal is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is based in the Division of Law and Psychiatry and has a secondary appointment at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Westphal did his undergraduate degree at Bennington College, his medical degree at Brown University, and a PhD in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University. He completed general training in psychiatry at Yale, as well as fellowships in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Westphal has a special interest in legal issues for individuals with autism and other developmental disorders, and serves regularly as an expert witness.
Marc Woodbury-Smith is Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Biosciences Institute at Newcastle University, UK and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist. He is also Associate Investigator at the Centre for Applied Genomics at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He trained in psychiatry in Cambridge, UK and at the Yale Child Study Center. As a psychiatrist specializing in developmental disabilities, he has worked clinically with children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for more than 20 years, and has published widely on both basic sciences (genetics) and legal aspects of ASD. He is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law
Editors: Fred R. Volkmar, Rachel Loftin, Alexander Westphal, Marc Woodbury-Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70913-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70912-9Published: 23 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70915-0Published: 24 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70913-6Published: 22 September 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 574
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Social Work