Brief report: No increase in criminal convictions in Hans Asperger's original cohort

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 774-780

  Hippler, Kathrin ^a,d   Viding, Essi ^b   Klicpera, Christian ^a   Happé, Francesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autistic psychopathy; Convictions; Offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUSTRIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; CHILD; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUSTRIA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955859304     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0917-y     Document Type: Article

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