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Asperger's Disorder has the potential to be relevant to many aspects of the functioning of the criminal justice system. However, its mere presence does not excuse or justify all offending. The inquiry into its potential relevance to criminal offending and sentencing must be both contextual and informed by suitably qualified expert evidence. This column reviews court decisions in respect of offe...

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In a paper published recently in this journal [1], Pedersen & Skardhamar examine whether cannabis users are at increased risk of being charged with criminal offences. They find an association between frequency of cannabis use in one year and risk of criminal charges in subsequent years. The association is statistically significant with respect to drug-specific crime only, and not to other types...