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Dealing with trauma in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders : trauma informed care, treatment, and forensic implications (2021)
Journal Article
Faccini, L., & Allely, C. (2021). Dealing with trauma in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders : trauma informed care, treatment, and forensic implications. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 30(8), 1082-1092. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2020.1853295

Trauma is prevalent in the lives of adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As a result, a routine screening for trauma is essential especially when autism-related symptoms are heightened or when violence is exhibited. Case studies and empiric... Read More about Dealing with trauma in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders : trauma informed care, treatment, and forensic implications.

Parenting programmes for incarcerated fathers : clinical and research recommendations (2020)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2020). Parenting programmes for incarcerated fathers : clinical and research recommendations. Journal of correctional education (Online), 71(2), 2-19

There is a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding regarding how to most effectively support incarcerated parents (particularly incarcerated fathers) to ensure that they can be the most effective parents they can possibly be. Currently, th... Read More about Parenting programmes for incarcerated fathers : clinical and research recommendations.

Case report : autism spectrum disorder symptomology and child pornography (2020)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2020). Case report : autism spectrum disorder symptomology and child pornography. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 11(3), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-11-2019-0026

Purpose: Allely and Dubin (2018) and Allely et al. (2019) have emphasised that there are a range of innate vulnerabilities in many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are charged with the viewing of indecent images of children (IIOC).... Read More about Case report : autism spectrum disorder symptomology and child pornography.

Autism Spectrum Disorders and stalking (2020)
Journal Article
Mercer, J., & Allely, C. (2020). Autism Spectrum Disorders and stalking. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 10(3), 201-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-01-2020-0003

Purpose: Despite an increasing number of studies which examine sexual offending behaviour in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individuals (e.g. Allen et al., 2008; de la Cuesta, 2010; King & Murphy, 2014; Pearce & Berney, 2016), there has been a lack o... Read More about Autism Spectrum Disorders and stalking.

The psychology of extreme violence : a case study approach to serial homicide, mass shooting, school shooting and lone-actor terrorism (2020)
Book
Allely, C. (2020). The psychology of extreme violence : a case study approach to serial homicide, mass shooting, school shooting and lone-actor terrorism. Routledge

Featuring a unique overview of the different forms of extreme violence, this book considers the psychology of extreme violence alongside a variety of contributing factors, such as brain abnormalities in homicide offenders. Featuring several contempor... Read More about The psychology of extreme violence : a case study approach to serial homicide, mass shooting, school shooting and lone-actor terrorism.

The contributory role of psychopathology and inhibitory control in the case of mass shooter James Holmes (2020)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2020). The contributory role of psychopathology and inhibitory control in the case of mass shooter James Holmes. Aggression and violent behavior, 51, 101382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2020.101382

In this article, the case of Mr Holmes is discussed in detail with a particular focus on the treatment he received when he was at graduate school in the months leading up to the shooting and, primarily, the findings from the sanity evaluation carried... Read More about The contributory role of psychopathology and inhibitory control in the case of mass shooter James Holmes.

Autism Spectrum Disorder, bestiality and zoophilia : a systematic PRISMA review (2020)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2020). Autism Spectrum Disorder, bestiality and zoophilia : a systematic PRISMA review. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 11(2), 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-06-2019-0012

Purpose
There remains a lack of knowledge surrounding paraphilic or deviant arousal sexual behaviours in individuals with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Kellaher, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to explore the literature for any empirical study... Read More about Autism Spectrum Disorder, bestiality and zoophilia : a systematic PRISMA review.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in incarcerated populations : current clinical considerations and recommendations (2020)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Allely, B. (2020). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in incarcerated populations : current clinical considerations and recommendations. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 10(1), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-09-2019-0044

Purpose: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may have a detrimental impact on the individual’s ability to benefit from rehabilitative prison-based programmes and studies have also found that there is an association between PTSD and higher rates of... Read More about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in incarcerated populations : current clinical considerations and recommendations.

The importance of considering trauma in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder : considerations and clinical recommendations (2019)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Faccini, L. (2020). The importance of considering trauma in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder : considerations and clinical recommendations. Journal of Forensic Practice, 22(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-11-2019-0049

Purpose
The area of trauma in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is an important area given the substantial rates of abuse endured by these individuals. However, there are issues with the identification of trauma, understanding how it is perceived, a... Read More about The importance of considering trauma in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder : considerations and clinical recommendations.

The need for a structured approach to violence risk assessment in autism (2019)
Journal Article
Westphal, A., & Allely, C. (2019). The need for a structured approach to violence risk assessment in autism. ˜The œjournal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 47(4), https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003896-19

The relationship between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and violence is poorly understood. Several violence risk factors are either modified by or are unique to ASD; clinicians conducting violence risk assessment of people with ASD must consider thes... Read More about The need for a structured approach to violence risk assessment in autism.

Detecting a decline in serial homicide : have we banished the devil from the details? (2019)
Journal Article
Yaksic, E., Allely, C., De Silva, R., Smith-Inglis, M., Konikoff, D., Ryan, K., …Keatley, D. (2019). Detecting a decline in serial homicide : have we banished the devil from the details?. Cogent Social Sciences, 5(1), 1678450. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2019.1678450

The current research provides perspective regarding the true prevalence of serial murderers in modern society and addresses the conflict between the evidenced decline in serial homicide and the viewpoint that the phenomenon is increasing. The likelih... Read More about Detecting a decline in serial homicide : have we banished the devil from the details?.

Fire-setting and psychopathology : a brief overview of prevalence, pathways and assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2019). Fire-setting and psychopathology : a brief overview of prevalence, pathways and assessment. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 9(4), 149-154. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-06-2019-0022

Purpose: There is increasing attention on investigating the association between fire-setting and psychopathology and also the degree to which fire-setting is a manifestation of mental disorder. Despite the actual prevalence of pyromania remaining elu... Read More about Fire-setting and psychopathology : a brief overview of prevalence, pathways and assessment.

Firesetting and arson in individuals with autism spectrum disorder : a systematic PRISMA review (2019)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2019). Firesetting and arson in individuals with autism spectrum disorder : a systematic PRISMA review. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 10(4), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-11-2018-0014

Purpose: The present review aims to identify studies which have investigated arson or firesetting in individuals with ASD.

Design/methodology/approach: A systematic PRISMA review was conducted.

Findings: The present review highlighted the... Read More about Firesetting and arson in individuals with autism spectrum disorder : a systematic PRISMA review.

A legal analysis of Australian criminal cases involving defendants with autism spectrum disorder charged with online sexual offending (2019)
Journal Article
Allely, C., Kennedy, S., & Warren, I. (2019). A legal analysis of Australian criminal cases involving defendants with autism spectrum disorder charged with online sexual offending. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 66, 101456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101456

This paper examines how the symptomology of the small number of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) charged with online sexual offenses in Australia is established during legal arguments and conceived by the judiciary to impact legal liab... Read More about A legal analysis of Australian criminal cases involving defendants with autism spectrum disorder charged with online sexual offending.

Exploring the female autism phenotype of repetitive behaviours and restricted interests (RBRIs) : a systematic PRISMA review (2019)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2019). Exploring the female autism phenotype of repetitive behaviours and restricted interests (RBRIs) : a systematic PRISMA review. Advances in Autism, 5(3), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/AIA-09-2018-0030

Purpose: There is a need for increased understanding, awareness and recognition of the autism
female phenotype in terms of Repetitive Behaviours and Restricted Interests (RBRIs).

Design/methodology/approach: A systematic PRISMA review was condu... Read More about Exploring the female autism phenotype of repetitive behaviours and restricted interests (RBRIs) : a systematic PRISMA review.

Understanding school shootings with crime script analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Keatley, D., Mcgurk, S., & Allely, C. (2020). Understanding school shootings with crime script analysis. Deviant Behavior, 41(9), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2019.1596543

Mapping the antecedents of school shootings is an important step towards understanding and predicting when the tragedies occur. This study uses Crime Script Analysis (CSA) to map the variety of behaviors and precursors in sequence. An in-depth analys... Read More about Understanding school shootings with crime script analysis.

Understanding and recognising the female phenotype of autism spectrum disorder and the “camouflage” hypothesis : a systematic PRISMA review (2019)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2019). Understanding and recognising the female phenotype of autism spectrum disorder and the “camouflage” hypothesis : a systematic PRISMA review. Advances in Autism, 5(1), 14-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/AIA-09-2018-0036

Purpose: Females with ASD may display superficial social skills which may mask their autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomology impacting on the identification of the disorder – known as the “camouflage” hypothesis. Compared to males with ASD, it is... Read More about Understanding and recognising the female phenotype of autism spectrum disorder and the “camouflage” hypothesis : a systematic PRISMA review.

Autism Spectrum Disorders in high secure psychiatric care : a review of literature, future research and clinical directions (2019)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., & Allely, C. (2020). Autism Spectrum Disorders in high secure psychiatric care : a review of literature, future research and clinical directions. Advances in Autism, 6(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/AIA-10-2018-0044

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders including
Autism, high functioning autism, Asperger’s syndrome and atypical autism. Although
different diagnostic classification systems have been adopted over the yea... Read More about Autism Spectrum Disorders in high secure psychiatric care : a review of literature, future research and clinical directions.

The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area (2018)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Dubin, L. (2018). The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 9(4), 129-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-06-2018-0008

Purpose
As recently highlighted by Creaby-Attwood and Allely (2017) it is crucial that the possible innate
vulnerabilities that contributed to sexual offending behaviour in an individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are taken into consid... Read More about The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area.