Citation

Silva JA, Leong GB, Ferrari MM. Behav. Sci. Law 2004; 22(6): 787-799.

Affiliation

silvapsychcorp@earthlink.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.620

PMID

15568202

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.

Language: en