Abstract

Several case reports in the literature mentioned sexual crimes that are committed by Asperger’s syndrome patients. There is no clear data, in literature, to differentiate circumscribed behavior and actions oriented by sexual arousal. In this case, we had a female adolescent with Asperger’s syndrome to decide criminal responsibility of sexual crime which was to use child pornography and share images in social media. This case raises attention to circumscribed behaviors in Asperger’s syndrome can cause forensic incidents or misunderstanding. While evaluating the sexual crimes, it is critical to investigate sexual development, motive of actions and social-sexual knowledge for differentiating circumscribed behaviors from sexually deviant behaviors.

Key words: : Asperger’s syndrome, circumscribed behavior, pedophilia