Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Criminal Justice System

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Kelley, E. & Dubin, N. (2022). Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Criminal Justice System. In Autism and Child Psychopathology Series (pp. 89-104). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98507-3_6

Publication date: 1 Jan 2022 Added to AutiHub: 11 Sep 2026 Type: Book chapter Article language: English

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2
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 2 (50.0%)

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Cited references
69
With a DOI
39
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
30
0 / 69 (0.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
24 / 69 (34.8%)
References with detected author names
50 / 69 (72.5%)
Without detected author names
19
Without a structured title
24
Without a stable identifier
29
References with raw author names still to review
19
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
140
From DOI or external metadata
140
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
24
19 / 140 (13.6%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 121 / 140 (86.4%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
0 / 140 (0.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 0 / 19 (0.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 0 / 137 (0.0%).
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