Rhoda,
as far as I am aware it will depend on the extent to which
they may have an obsession which puts them at risk of
'stepping over the line' and raises many issues of intent,
cause etc as you know. However to be classed as a criminal
you need to be caught - and people with Asperger's Syndrome
are like the rest of us in many other ways - its just that
many neuro-typical people doon't get caught or can argue
their way out of things.
I do not have figures or references unfortunately at this
stage,
jim
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:08:26 -0800 Rhoda Castle
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> Hi
> Have just read another article about Asperger's in the national press,
> there is a lot about at present! This was in yesterday's Guardian. It seems
> a bit different from the one in The Times, but still mentions crime.
>
> 'Viewed from the majority perspective, poeple who fail to make eye contact
> are shifty or sinister. Asperger's adults are constantly tailed by
> shop-security guards, even though their inflexible mental processes make
> it unthinkable that they would break the law'.
>
> While this is far preferable to The Times, I wonder it is another
> generalisation which cannot really be backed up. I'm not sure. What do
> others think?
>
> Rhoda
> R. Castle
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