Rare instances of individuals with autism supporting or engaging in terrorism: a response to Lino Faccini and Clare Allely

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Chown, N., Beardon, L., & Cossburn, K. (2018). Rare instances of individuals with autism supporting or engaging in terrorism: a response to Lino Faccini and Clare Allely. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 9(1), 59-63. https://doi.org/10.1108/jidob-06-2017-0012

Publication date: 31 Jan 2018 Added to AutiHub: 14 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Publication authors
3
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 3 (33.3%)
  1. Nicholas (Nick) Chown *
  2. Luke Beardon
  3. Kleio Cossburn

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Cited references
14
With a DOI
4
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
10
0 / 14 (0.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
9 / 14 (64.3%)
References with detected author names
5 / 14 (35.7%)
Without detected author names
9
Without a structured title
6
Without a stable identifier
9
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6
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
11
From DOI or external metadata
11
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
8
2 / 11 (18.2%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 9 / 11 (81.8%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
0 / 11 (0.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 0 / 2 (0.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 0 / 11 (0.0%).
  1. Francesca Happé , Uta Frith (1995). Theory of Mind in Autism . In Learning and Cognition in Autism (pp. 177-197). Springer US.
    Type: Book chapter DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1286-2_10 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W147272615
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  2. Al-Attar, Z. (2016a), “Autism & terrorism links – baseless headlines or clinical reality?”, XI Autism-Europe International Congress, Autism-Europe & National Autistic Society, Edinburgh, 16-18 september.
    Type: Other
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  3. Emily Corner , Paul Gill (2015). A false dichotomy? Mental illness and lone-actor terrorism. Law and Human Behavior, 39(1), 23-34. American Psychological Association (APA).
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000102 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2066403976
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  4. (2016). Autism & terrorism links – fact or fiction?
    Type: Other
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  5. Lino Faccini , Clare S. Allely (2017). Rare instances of individuals with autism supporting or engaging in terrorism . Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 8(2), 70-82. Emerald.
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1108/jidob-11-2016-0022 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2612049524
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  6. Emily Corner , Paul Gill , Oliver Mason (2016). Mental Health Disorders and the Terrorist: A Research Note Probing Selection Effects and Disorder Prevalence . Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 39(6), 560-568. Informa UK Limited.
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1080/1057610x.2015.1120099 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2173810236
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  7. Emily Corner , Paul Gill (2017). Is there a nexus between terrorist involvement and mental health in the age of the Islamic State? The CTC Sentinel, 10(1), 1.
    Type: Article OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2584291650
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  8. Doward, J. (2008), “Inside bizarre world of the big friendly giant”, available at: www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/may/25/uksecurity.terrorism (accessed 20 February 2017).
    Type: Other
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  9. (2015). Autism, psychopathology and deficient Ericksonian development contributing to criminal behavior . Journal of Forensic Psychology, 33(1), 49.
    Type: Other
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  10. Howlin, R. (2003), “Asperger syndrome: social dyslexia”, available at: www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/inf/docs/asp.social.pdf (accessed 26 June 2017).
    Type: Other
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  11. O’Neill, S. and Simpson, J. (2015a), “Mental health link to extremism”, The Times, available at: www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4560532.ece (accessed 25 September 2016).
    Type: Other
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  12. O’Neill, S. and Simpson, J. (2015b), “Mental health links to terrorism”, The Times, as cited in Allely (2016), available at: http://hub.salford.ac.uk/salfordpsych/2016/03/15/certain-mental (accessed 10 August 2016).
    Type: Other
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  13. Pennink, E. (2015), “Kazi Islam: teen terrorist jailed for grooming autistic pal to carry out Lee Rigby copycat killing”, available at: www.mirror.co.uk/news/kazi-islam-teen-terrorist (accessed 15 September 2016).
    Type: Other
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  14. (2015). Behavioral problems and disorders among radicals in police files . Perspective on Terrorism, 9(2), 17.
    Type: Other
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