1. A neuropsychiatric developmental model of serial homicidal behavior.
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Silva JA, Leong GB, and Ferrari MM
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- Antisocial Personality Disorder diagnosis, Antisocial Personality Disorder physiopathology, Antisocial Personality Disorder psychology, Autistic Disorder diagnosis, Autistic Disorder psychology, Brain physiopathology, Defense Mechanisms, Expert Testimony legislation & jurisprudence, Homicide legislation & jurisprudence, Humans, Male, Paraphilic Disorders diagnosis, Paraphilic Disorders physiopathology, Paraphilic Disorders psychology, Recurrence, Risk Factors, Schizoid Personality Disorder diagnosis, Schizoid Personality Disorder physiopathology, Schizoid Personality Disorder psychology, Sex Offenses legislation & jurisprudence, Violence legislation & jurisprudence, Autistic Disorder physiopathology, Homicide psychology, Sex Offenses psychology, Violence psychology
- Abstract
Serial sexual homicide has been the object of intensive study from forensic psychiatric, criminological, developmental, and sociological perspectives. In contradistinction to these approaches, neuropsychiatric concepts and methods have received relatively little attention in this area. In this article we adopt a neuropsychiatric developmental perspective and undertake a review of the psychiatric literature on violence and autism spectrum disorders. Our analysis of this literature suggests the presence of an association between autism spectrum psychopathology and serial homicidal behavior. Recommendations for further research to help clarify the nature of this association are briefly discussed., (Copyright 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
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- 2004
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