Cybercrime and the Autism Spectrum: How the Online World Creates Victims and Offenders - Softcover

Riggs Cohen, Mary; Kelley, Elizabeth; Bush, Michele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032878118 ISBN 13: 9781032878119

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

Cybercrime and the Autism Spectrum explores the intersection of cybercrime and the autism spectrum, offering a multidimensional perspective from a clinician, an attorney, and a technical forensic expert. With a focus on real-life anonymized cases, discover how the online world impacts autistic individuals as both victim and offender.

This book provides strategies on how to detect and prevent autistic individuals engaging in criminal behavior online, such as communication with minors, child pornography, stalking, and online radicalization. Current research and clinical case studies provide a sympathetic and non-pathologizing insight into recognizing problematic behavior, creating online safety, and treatment for autistic individuals.

This is essential reading for mental health professionals working with neurodiverse individuals and their families, attorneys working with autistic clients, judges, law enforcement officers, those in training, and anyone seeking to understand the challenges and vulnerabilities facing autistic people in the digital age will have renewed compassion for the difficulties they face.

About this title

About the Author

Mary Riggs Cohen, PhD is a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience in autism diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy. She has been conducting forensic evaluations of autistic individuals and providing expert testimony since 2009.

Elizabeth Kelley is a criminal defense lawyer with a nationwide practice focused on representing people with mental disabilities. She is the editor of several books published by the American Bar Association, including Representing People with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Representing People with Dementia, and Representing People with Mental Disabilities.

Michele Bush is a digital forensics expert, private investigator, and the owner of digital forensics firm Loehrs Forensics. She has been a certified digital forensic examiner since 2013, worked on hundreds of criminal investigations, and testified as an expert in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032878118
• ISBN 13: 9781032878119
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220