Asperger syndrome and criminal behaviour

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Dein, Kalpana ^a   Woodbury Smith, Marc ^b  

^a St Andrew's Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77949510877     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.005082     Document Type: Review

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