Forensic Aspects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

"This book describes the clinical aspects of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and ADHD, for psychiatrists and other clinicians working in forensic services. It covers policy, legal issues, assessment, therapeutic approaches and pathways through the criminal justice system"--

Part I. An Overview: Definitions, Epidemiology and Policy Issues: 1. Introduction Dr Jane McCarthy, Professor Regi Alexander and Professor Eddie Chaplin; 2. Aetiology of neurodevelopmental disorders Dr Jana de Villiers; 3. Overview of offenders with intellectual disability Verity Chester Priyanka Tharian, Matthew Slinger, Anto Varughese and Professor Regi Alexander; 4. A critical overview of offenders with attention deficit hyperactive disorder Susan Young, Kelly Cocallis, Corey Lane and Mark David Chong; 5. Overview of offenders with autism spectrum disorders David Murphy and Clare S. Allely; 6. Associations between ASD and types of offences Clare S. Allely and David Murphy; 7. Overview of young people with neurodevelopmental impairments in contact with the youth justice system Professor Prathiba Chitsabesan, Professor Nathan Hughes and Professor Huw Williams; 8. Overview of offenders with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders Dr Raja Mukherjee, Penny A. Cook, David Gilbert and Clare S. Allely; 9. The role of sub threshold neurodevelopmental disorder in offending behaviour Professor Eddie Chaplin and Dr Jane McCarthy; 10. Comorbid mental disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions Kiriakos Xenitidis, Caryl Marshall and Jane McCarthy; Part II. Assessment and Therapeutic Approach: 11. ADHD: assessment and therapeutic approaches within forensic settings Dr Bhathika Perera, Dr Maheera Tyler and Dr Zaid Al-Najjar; 12. ASD ¿ Assessment and therapeutic approaches within forensic settings Dr David Murphy and Dr Jane Radley; 13. Intellectual disability: assessment and therapeutic approaches within forensic settings Ken Courtenay and Dr Mhairi Duff; 14. Risk assessments in people with neurodevelopmental disorders Dr Catrin Morrissey; 15. Assessment and treatment of young offenders Dr Louise Theodosiou and Dr Rachel Elvins; Part III. Criminal Justice Pathways and Legal Issues: 16. Criminal justice pathways and neurodevelopmental disorders Professor Andrew Forrester, Dr Iain McKinnon and Dr Samir Srivastava; 17. The Mental health act and other relevant legislation in relation to neurodevelopmental disorders in the UK Harm Boer, Eleanor Brewster and Ryan McHugh; 18. Fitness to plead and neurodevelopmental disorders Penelope Brown, Salma Ali and Elizabeth Harris; 19. Forensic services for neurodevelopmental disorders ¿ An English perspective. Dr John Devapriam and Dr Harinder Bains; 20. Offenders with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities in four nordic countries Erik Søndenaa and Søren Holst; 21. Forensic neurodevelopmental disabilities ¿ A perspective from Ontario, Canada on pathways and services Voula Marinos, Lisa Whittingham, Jessica Jones and The Hon. Mr. Justice Richard D. Schneider ; 22. Forensic aspects of neurodevelopmental disabilities ¿ An Australasian perspective Dr Cathy Franklin; 23. Concluding comments