Asperger's disorder and criminal behavior: Forensic-psychiatric considerations

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-384

  Haskins, Barbara G ^a,b,c   Silva, J Arturo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Western State Hospital Staunton   (United States)

^c Box 2500 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOTIONS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33846011817     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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