Silva J Arturo, Leong Gregory B, Ferrari Michelle M
Behav Sci Law. 2004;22(6):787-99. doi: 10.1002/bsl.620.
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.
系列性杀人案一直是法医精神病学、犯罪学、发展心理学和社会学等领域深入研究的对象。与这些研究方法不同的是，神经精神病学的概念和方法在该领域受到的关注相对较少。在本文中，我们采用神经精神病学的发展视角，对有关暴力和自闭症谱系障碍的精神病学文献进行综述。我们对这些文献的分析表明，自闭症谱系精神病理学与系列杀人行为之间存在关联。本文还简要讨论了进一步研究的建议，以帮助阐明这种关联的性质。
