Faculty of Health, Education and Society, University of Northampton, Waterside Campus, Northampton, NN1 5PH, UK.
Department of Psychology, Centre for Applied Autism Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Jun;51(6):2057-2067. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04622-0.
Mental health difficulties, family and childhood adversity factors, substance use and conduct problems have all been linked to offending behaviour in the general population. However, no large-scale study with comparison groups has investigated these risk factors in relation to autistic offenders. The current research included 40 autistic offenders, 40 autistic non-offenders, 40 typically developed (TD) offenders and 39 TD non-offenders. Conduct problems risk factors differentiated autistic offenders from both non-offender groups (autistic and TD) and mental health risk factors differentiated autistic offenders from both TD groups (offenders and non-offenders). Further research is required to understand more about the role of both conduct problems risk factors in autistic offenders (e.g., age at onset, frequency of behaviours) and the mental health needs of autistic offenders.
心理健康困难、家庭和童年逆境因素、物质使用和行为问题都与普通人群中的犯罪行为有关。然而，还没有一项具有对照组的大规模研究调查过这些风险因素与自闭症罪犯的关系。当前的研究包括 40 名自闭症罪犯、40 名自闭症非罪犯、40 名典型发展（TD）罪犯和 39 名 TD 非罪犯。行为问题风险因素将自闭症罪犯与非罪犯群体（自闭症和 TD）区分开来，而心理健康风险因素则将自闭症罪犯与 TD 罪犯群体（罪犯和非罪犯）区分开来。需要进一步的研究来了解更多关于自闭症罪犯的行为问题风险因素（例如发病年龄、行为频率）的作用，以及自闭症罪犯的心理健康需求。
