Asperger's disorder and murder

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 390-393

  Schwartz Watts, Donna M ^a,b  

^a Department of Neuropsychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 25444525853     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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