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  • Chapter 9 - The Role of Subthreshold Neurodevelopmental Disorder in Offending Behaviour

  • from Section 1 - An Overview: Definitions, Epidemiology and Policy Issues
  • Edited by Jane M. McCarthy, Regi T. Alexander, Eddie Chaplin
  • Book:
    Forensic Aspects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
    Published online:
    18 May 2023
    Print publication:
    01 June 2023, pp 101-111

  • Summary

    The study of subthreshold neurodevelopmental disorders (STNDs) and the implications for future health, social and criminal justice services is in its infancy. Current research points towards increased vulnerability to a number of risk factors that are likely to impact both the individual and future service demand. Offenders who meet diagnostic criteria for a specific neurodevelopmental disorder are often shown to have more similarities than differences to offenders with STNDs. As well as communication and adaptive problems, similarities also include higher rates of mental disorder and increased vulnerability to suicide and self-harm. Within STNDs there exists a wide variation in presentation which may be atypical. The future study of STNDs requires a coordinated strategy and agreement as to a common definition using a dimensional approach.