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Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
On-line version ISSN 2013-6463Print version ISSN 1575-0620
Abstract
MOLINA-COLOMA, Verónica; LARA-MACHADO, Rosario; LARA-BARROS, Betsabé and VALDEZ-MINO, Carla. Criminal characteristics and psychopathy in women in prison. Rev. esp. sanid. penit. [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.1, pp.8-15. Epub July 17, 2023. ISSN 2013-6463. https://dx.doi.org/10.18176/resp.00061.
Objectives:
To compare the factors and facets of psychopathy based on criminal characteristics in a sample of women in prison.
Material and method:
Descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional study composed of a sample of 41 women incarcerated in the Ambato prison in Ecuador. In an individual session, the Hare Psychopathy Scale Revised was applied.
Results:
Recidivist women, with a juvenile criminal history and who are admitted to the maximum-security ward, have a higher score in the affective facet of the PCL-R. In addition, those women who are in the maximum-security pavilion have scored high in factor 2 (social deviance), mainly in the antisocial aspect.
Discussion:
This subgroup of women in prison is characterized by lack of remorse, emotional insensitivity, manipulation, inability to accept responsibility for their own actions, and superficial affection. Further expansion of the study of psychopathy in women is required.
Keywords : personality disorders; women; prisons; crime.