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Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
versión On-line ISSN 2013-6463versión impresa ISSN 1575-0620
Resumen
MOLINA-COLOMA, Verónica; LARA-MACHADO, Rosario; LARA-BARROS, Betsabé y 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 17-Jul-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.
Palabras clave : personality disorders; women; prisons; crime.