Mental health specialists at the University of Glasgow have carried
out a study into what causes people to become serial killers.
They found 28% of these killers suffer from some sort of autism and 21% had
suffered a head injury in the past.
Of those with autism or a head injury, more than half had experience some
sort of physical or sexual abuse during childhood.
The research has been published in the Journal of Violent and Aggressive
Behaviour.
Dr Clare Allely said: "It is crucial to note that we are not trying to
suggest that individuals with ASD or previous head trauma are more likely to be
serial killers or commit serious crime. Rather we are suggesting that there may
be a subgroup of individuals within these groups who may be more likely to
commit serious crimes when exposed to certain psychosocial stressors.
Read
more here.
And a great review of the above
article, "No,
Timothy McVeigh Was Not Autistic"
