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Neuropsychiatric disorders and criminal defense

Scripps College

Within the legal field, professionals evaluate an individual's culpability in order to assess the defendant's motives and eventually offer possibly beneficial rehabilitation interventions. With this, psychology plays a crucial role in understanding criminal behavior and, in turn, the criminal justice system.

Intersections between Criminal Justice and Clinical Psychology 

Given the symptomatology of ASD, there are several contributing factors that may affect an individual's understanding of the outside world. As such, this diversity yields many challenges in the legal field.

Autism Spectrum Disorder's Relationship to Crime, Punishment, and Reasoning

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Within the legal field, the insanity defense is intended to negate the culpability of defendants who cannot be held responsible for behavior due to mental illness

Insanity Defense

There has been linkage between criminal activity and the onset of a personality disorder

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