ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

The Role of Psychopathic Personality Disorder in Criminal Behavior of Adults with Undiagnosed Autism

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Research Proposal

  • Claire Scott-Bacon
    University of Notre Dame
  • Claire Scott-Bacon
    Florida International University

Abstract

Autism and psychopathy are spectrum disorders with mirrored symptoms. As forensic mental health professionals became familiar with the features of the adult autistic criminal offender, they conclude there is no diagnostic paradigm to subsume a joint clinical and antisocial presentation. My poster presents a clinical representation of the adult autistic-psychopathic.