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Prof Clare Allely's Outputs (101)

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

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

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

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.

Clinical profile, risk and critical factors and the application of the “path towards intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof (2018)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Faccini, L. (2018). Clinical profile, risk and critical factors and the application of the “path towards intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof. Deviant Behavior, 40(6), 672-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2018.1437653

A threat assessment perspective, namely the Path towards Intended Violence, was applied in the case of the mass shooting perpetrated by Dylann Roof on June 17, 2015 at an Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. This... Read More about Clinical profile, risk and critical factors and the application of the “path towards intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof.

A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations (2018)
Journal Article

Purpose – Patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present with specific assessment, specific difficulties, needs and therapeutic issues and therefore are a challenging group for forensic services.
Given the challenge that individuals with ASD p... Read More about A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations.

Jurors’ and judges’ evaluation of defendants with autism and the impact on sentencing : a systematic Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) review of autism spectrum disorder in the courtroom (2017)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Cooper, P. (2017). Jurors’ and judges’ evaluation of defendants with autism and the impact on sentencing : a systematic Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) review of autism spectrum disorder in the courtroom. Journal of Law and Medicine, 25(1), 105-123

Concern has been highlighted in the literature regarding how juries and judges handle cases which involve a defendant with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The relatively little research on judicial perceptions or decision-making regarding individuals... Read More about Jurors’ and judges’ evaluation of defendants with autism and the impact on sentencing : a systematic Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) review of autism spectrum disorder in the courtroom.

"Path to Intended Violence" model to understand mass violence in the case of Elliot Rodger (2017)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Faccini, L. (2017). "Path to Intended Violence" model to understand mass violence in the case of Elliot Rodger. Aggression and violent behavior, 37, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2017.09.005

There have been many different conceptualizations regarding Elliot Rodger's clinical presentation including claims of him having Asperger's Syndrome (Duke, 2014), psychosis and psychopathy (Langman, 2014) and a description of him as an “injustice col... Read More about "Path to Intended Violence" model to understand mass violence in the case of Elliot Rodger.

Rare instances of individuals with autism supporting or engaging in terrorism (2017)
Journal Article
Faccini, L., & Allely, C. (2017). Rare instances of individuals with autism supporting or engaging in terrorism. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-11-2016-0022

Purpose: The prevalence of individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder being associated with terroristic threats, lone wolf terrorism or affiliating with terroristic groups is rare.
Design/methodology/approach: However, several cases are presente... Read More about Rare instances of individuals with autism supporting or engaging in terrorism.

You can’t judge a book by its cover : evolving professional responsibilities, liabilities and ‘judgecraft’ when a party has Asperger’s Syndrome (2017)
Journal Article
Cooper, P., & Allely, C. (2017). You can’t judge a book by its cover : evolving professional responsibilities, liabilities and ‘judgecraft’ when a party has Asperger’s Syndrome. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 68(1), 35-58

In the context of increasing legal emphasis on fairness for people with disability, this article analyses the responsibilities and liabilities of lawyers in relation to the recognition and identification of client disability, and specifically Asperge... Read More about You can’t judge a book by its cover : evolving professional responsibilities, liabilities and ‘judgecraft’ when a party has Asperger’s Syndrome.

The role of cholesterol metabolism and various steroid abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders : a hypothesis paper (2017)
Journal Article
Gillberg, C., Fernell, E., Kočovská, E., Minnis, H., Bourgeron, T., Thompson, L., & Allely, C. (2017). The role of cholesterol metabolism and various steroid abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders : a hypothesis paper. Autism Research, 10(6), 1022-1044. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1777

Based on evidence from the relevant research literature, we present a hypothesis that there may be a link between cholesterol, vitamin D, and steroid hormones which subsequently impacts on the development of at least some of the “autisms” [Coleman &... Read More about The role of cholesterol metabolism and various steroid abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders : a hypothesis paper.

Mass violence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder : a case analysis of Anders Breivik using the “Path to Intended and Terroristic Violence” model (2016)
Journal Article
Faccini, L., & Allely, C. (2016). Mass violence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder : a case analysis of Anders Breivik using the “Path to Intended and Terroristic Violence” model. Aggression and violent behavior, 31, 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2016.10.002

Objective

There exist significant gaps in our understanding and knowledge of the contributory factors which give rise to the development of a mass shooter.
Method

A case analysis is presented of Anders Behring Breivik who engaged in a bombi... Read More about Mass violence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder : a case analysis of Anders Breivik using the “Path to Intended and Terroristic Violence” model.

Working with fathers of at-risk children : insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention (2016)
Journal Article

This article is based on qualitative research with fathers who attended Mellow Dads, an intensive ‘dads only’ group-based intervention underpinned by attachment theory for fathers of at-risk children. Specifically the article draws on data from a pro... Read More about Working with fathers of at-risk children : insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention.

Prevalence and assessment of traumatic brain injury in prison inmates : a systematic PRISMA review (2016)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2016). Prevalence and assessment of traumatic brain injury in prison inmates : a systematic PRISMA review. Brain Injury, 30(10), 1161-1180. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2016.1191674

The primary objectives of the present systematic PRISMA review was: (1) to explore the range of prevalence of TBI in offenders, and whether this is higher than in a control sample; (2) to determine which screening measures are available, and evaluate... Read More about Prevalence and assessment of traumatic brain injury in prison inmates : a systematic PRISMA review.