Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Jun;49(6):2268-2280. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-03883-8.
The objective was to delineate the prevalence of criminal behavior and school discipline in juvenile justice-involved youth (JJY) with autism. A sample of 143 JJY with autism was matched to comparison groups of JJY without a special education classification, JJY with learning disabilities, and JJY with other special educational needs (N = 572). Results showed that JJY with autism committed significantly fewer property crimes. With regard to school discipline, JJY with autism were least likely to receive policy violations, out-of-school suspensions, and in-school suspensions. Finally, regardless of special education classification, JJY who had a history of fighting in school were more likely to recidivate. Our results suggest that JJY with autism are not more likely to commit crimes compared to JJY without SEN.
目的是描述涉及少年司法的自闭症青少年(JJY)中犯罪行为和学校纪律的流行情况。对 143 名自闭症 JJY 进行了抽样调查,并与没有特殊教育分类、有学习障碍和其他特殊教育需求的 JJY 对照组进行了匹配(N=572)。结果表明,患有自闭症的 JJY 犯下的财产犯罪明显较少。在学校纪律方面,自闭症 JJY 最不可能违反校规、被停学或留校察看。最后,无论是否有特殊教育分类,有在校打架史的 JJY 更有可能再次犯罪。我们的研究结果表明,自闭症 JJY 与无特殊教育需要的 JJY 相比,犯罪的可能性并没有更高。