Abstracts on ASD and False Confessions
This collection brings together research abstracts about autism, police questioning, suggestibility, compliance, Miranda comprehension, and false confessions. The cited studies report mixed findings, including elevated compliance in one study and no group difference in suggestibility, while a meta-analysis summarized in the collection found lower suggestibility and fewer false memories among ASD samples.
Pretrial Motions
This handout identifies legal questions that may arise when an accused person has ASD, including criminal intent, consent to police questioning, competency, jury selection, and explaining ASD to jurors. It discusses how social-cognitive and communication differences may bear on mens rea and interview understanding, and it describes disability-law accommodations as part of the authors’ proposed case framework.