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Langstrom, Niklas; Grann, Martin; Ruchkin, Vladislav; Sjostedt, Gabrielle; Fazel, Seena – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Little is known about risk factors for violence among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study uses data from Swedish longitudinal registers for all 422 individuals hospitalized with autistic disorder or Asperger syndrome during 1988-2000 and compares those committing violent or sexual offenses with those who did not. Thirty-one…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Psychopathology, At Risk Persons
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Langstrom, Niklas; Grann, Martin; Lindblad, Frank – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Uses data concerning all young sex offenders (N=56) to construct and validate an introductory young sex offender typology based solely on offense characteristics. A 5-cluster solution received optimal support from cluster analysis of 15 offense-related variables. Survival analysis revealed that the clusters differed with respect to sexual but not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, Delinquency, Foreign Countries