Something from real life crime shows.

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I watched a couple of real life crime shows today, ones that look at real cases and interview the people involved. It struck me again how many common traits of Asperger's Syndrome could get one presumed guilty.

A commonly mentioned "sign of guilt" or at least "hiding something" is explaining one's answers or giving additional information beyond what was asked. A lot of Aspies would do exactly that, add more information and explanation to their answers.

Another was when the suspect said they noticed things at a crime scene that police considered odd, things like the state of a victim's clothing, things that had been moved in a crime scene, etc. Here again a lot of Aspies could do such a thing because of sharp observation skills and/or good memories of a scene.

Seeming to know more about a crime than what police have figured out is also trouble. Taking the two points already mentioned and add with an Aspie weighing what they know and thinking the crime through and expressing their own hypotheses or theories would be a bad thing.

Lastly, the potential of "incorrect emotional display" could also get one in trouble. An Aspie who didn't show emotion or simply didn't process what was going on until later (and then reacts "correctly") or is simply overwhelmed at the scene until they decompress can get them in trouble. Supposedly there is a standard reaction to various situations and acting outside the norm makes one a suspect.

So an Aspies who stumbles across a crime scene, check a murder victim for a pulse and gets some blood on themselves, calls the police and examines the crime scene and thinks about what they've seen and what might have happened could end up in a LOT of trouble from the police. Heck, they wouldn't even have to have blood or other evidence on them if they acted "squirrelly" enough.