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A systematic review of people with autism spectrum disorder and the Criminal Justice System
This paper provides a systemic review of the available literature on people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the criminal justice system (CJS). The review considers two main types of study: those that examined the prevalence of people with ASD in the CJS and those that examined the prevalence of offending in populations with ASD. In addition, types of offences in people with ASD, co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses, and characteristics of people with ASD who commit offences (including predisposing factors) are considered. A combination of search terms was used in a variety of databases in order to find all of the available literature on this topic, and research studies were included based on specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. It was found that whilst there is an emerging literature base on this topic, there are a wide variety of methodologies used, making direct comparison difficult. Nevertheless it can be concluded so far that people with ASD do not seem to be disproportionately over-represented in the CJS, though they commit a range of crimes and seem to have a number of predisposing features. There is poor evidence of the presence of comorbid psychiatric diagnoses (except in mental health settings) amongst offenders with ASD, and little evidence of the oft-asserted over-representation of certain kinds of crimes. It is recommended that further research of good quality is required in this area, rather than studies that examine populations that are not representative of all those with ASD
Evidence Issues in Domestic Violence Civil Cases
This article is intended to assist practitioners in anticipating and responding to some of the evidentiary challenges in civil cases in which relief is sought for the victims of domestic violence. First, expert testimony is often necessary to dispel common myths about battered women and to educate judges and juries about the dynamics of domestic violence. Recent case law, however, has limited the admissibility of non-scientific expert testimony and may make it difficult for practitioners to use experts in their cases. In addition, particular evidentiary issues arise when victims are pursuing both criminal and civil remedies against the batterer. This article will explore the ways in which evidence issues may benefit and inhibit civil actions arising from the domestic violence. Finally, we will discuss the difficulties in using prior bad acts evidence. Because batterers tend to engage in repeated acts of abuse, evidence of prior acts may be particularly relevant in proving the extent of harm and predicting the likelihood of future abuse. Traditional principles of evidence law, however, often prohibit the admission of other crimes, wrongs and acts
A piezo-bar pressure probe
Piezo-bar pressure type probe measures the impact velocity or pressure of a moving debris cloud. It measures pressures up to 200,000 psi and peak pressures may be recorded with a total pulse duration between 5 and 65 musec
That New Oat Disease
The season was right for Iowa to have a record oat crop in1946, but it was only aerage and many of you probably know the cause-the new blight and root rot disease- Helminthosporium. It cut the tields of many fields, some in half
There\u27ll Be More New Oats
Iowa farmers have changed oat varieties twice since 1941. Our chart illustrates the change- the rise and the decline of Boone, Tama and other Victoria strains, then the sharp swing to Clinton since 1945
Review of meteoroid-bumper interaction studies at McGill University
Experimental investigation of meteoroid-bumper impact, debris cloud expansion, and second surface pressure loadin
Resolving SNR 0540-6944 from LMC X-1 with Chandra
We examine the supernova remnant (SNR) 0540-697 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
(LMC) using data from the Chandra ACIS. The X-ray emission from this SNR had
previously been hidden in the bright emission of nearby X-ray binary LMC X-1;
however, new observations with Chandra can finally reveal the SNR's structure
and spectrum. We find the SNR to be a thick-shelled structure about 19 pc in
diameter, with a brightened northeast region. Spectral results suggest a
temperature of 0.31 keV and an X-ray luminosity (0.3-3.0 keV) of 8.4 x 10^33
erg/s. We estimate an age of 12,000-20,000 yr for this SNR, but note that this
estimate does not take into account the possibility of cavity expansion or
other environmental effects.Comment: 8 pages, 2 GIF figures. Submitted to ApJL. Replaced with minor
revisions from referee comment
Analysis and identification of subsynchronous vibration for a high pressure parallel flow centrifugal compressor
The summary of a complete analytical design evaluation of an existing parallel flow compressor is presented and a field vibration problem that manifested itself as a subsynchronous vibration that tracked at approximately 2/3 of compressor speed is reviewed. The comparison of predicted and observed peak response speeds, frequency spectrum content, and the performance of the bearing-seal systems are presented as the events of the field problem are reviewed. Conclusions and recommendations are made as to the degree of accuracy of the analytical techniques used to evaluate the compressor design
Directionality of Solar Flare Accelerated Protons and Alpha Particles from Gamma-Ray Line Measurements
The energies and widths of gamma-ray lines emitted by ambient nuclei excited
by flare-accelerated protons and alpha particles provide information on the
ions directionality and spectra, and on the characteristics of the interaction
region. We have measured the energies and widths of strong lines from
de-excitations of 12C, 16O, and 20Ne in solar flares as a function of
heliocentric angle. The line energies from all three nuclei exhibit ~1%
redshifts for flares at small heliocentric angles, but are not shifted near the
limb. The lines have widths of ~3% FWHM. We compare the 12C line measurements
for flares at five different heliocentric angles with calculations for
different interacting-particle distributions. A downward isotropic distribution
(or one with a small upward component) provides a good fit to the line
measurements. An angular distribution derived for particles that undergo
significant pitch angle scattering by MHD turbulence in coronal magnetic loops
provides comparably good fits
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