ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
The Role of Psychopathic Personality Disorder in Criminal Behavior of Adults with Undiagnosed Autism
- 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.