Image via WikipediaVisiting expert on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder says sufferers have 60 percent chance of becoming involved in criminal activity
People who suffer from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder have a high risk of becoming involved in criminal behaviour, according to a visiting expert in the field.
Dr Natalie Novick-Brown from Washington University, is speaking in Auckland today on the link between drinking during pregnancy and criminal activity.
The international forensic psychology expert says pre-natal alcohol exposure can damage the central nervous system and 60 percent of those with FASD will be arrested at least once, by the time they are a young adult.
Sufferers have problems with cognition and learning, memory and language skills and particularly with social skills, judgement, decision-making and impulse control.
Dr Novick-Brown believes early detection and treatment will help change these behaviour deficits.
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