TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - What do we know about autism and policing globally? Preliminary findings from an international effort to examine autism and the criminal justice system
JO  - Autism research
A1  - Cooper, Dylan
A1  - Frisbie, Shelby
A1  - Wang, Shufang
A1  - Ventimiglia, Jonas
A1  - Gibbs, Vicki
A1  - Love, Abigail M. A.
A1  - Mogavero, Melanie
A1  - Benevides, Teal W.
A1  - Hyatt, Jordan M.
A1  - Hooven, Kate
A1  - Basketbill, Icylee
A1  - Shea, Lindsay
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Research has demonstrated that autistic individuals have higher rates of police contact, however, research has seldom explored the fundamental reasons for these interactions and how this might vary across international contexts. To remedy this, the Global Autism and Criminal Justice Consortium created and disseminated the Global Criminal Justice Survey. Descriptive statistics of survey respondents with and without police contact were compared to glean differential characteristics. Frequency and type of recent police interactions (within the last 5 years) among autistic individuals were also examined to better contextualize the reasons that autistic individuals encounter police. Study findings indicated that across a global sample (i.e., North America, Scandinavia, Europe, and Oceania) nearly half of all autistic individuals had an interaction with police and that those with a history of police contact were usually older, had higher educational qualifications, and were more likely to have a co-occurring mental health or developmental disorder. Among types of interactions, noncriminal encounters, such as welfare checks, traffic incidents, wandering, and behaviors associated with autism, were most common, followed by autistic individuals alleging a crime was committed against them. These findings offer important directions for future research and for targeted policy responses that can address the unique needs of autistic individuals within the justice system.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1939-3792
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.3203
ID  - ref1
ER  -