Perfil clínico y delictivo de una muestra de reclusos inimputables de Portugal

  1. Manuel Vilariño 1
  2. Ana Cláudia Alves 2
  3. Barbara G. Amado 3
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

  2. 2 Universidade Lusófona de Porto (Portugal)
  3. 3 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Book:
Avances en psicología jurídica y forense
  1. Andrés Pueyo, Antonio (ed. lit.)
  2. Fariña, Francisca (ed. lit.)
  3. Seijo Martínez, Dolores (ed. lit.)
  4. Novo Pérez, Mercedes (ed. lit.)

Publisher: Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense

ISBN: 978-84-8408-907-0

Year of publication: 2016

Pages: 111-121

Congress: Congreso Internacional de psicología jurídica y forense (9. 2016. Madrid)

Type: Conference paper

Abstract

Criminal insanity is a person’s aptitude to respond for their acts, and it is evaluated through cognitive and volitional capacities. Having a powerful mental disorder or psychological illness to diminish or annul these capacities, could led to criminal insanity. On the other hand, researches have detected that the combination of delinquency and mental illness could derive in violent and serious crimes. The present investigation has analyzed 50 prison archives which correspond to inmates without responsible for insanity, to gather information about their criminal and clinical profile. They were incarcerated in the Prison of Santa Cruz do Bispo de Porto (Portugal). The results revealed that schizophrenia was the main diagnostic (70% of cases) for criminal insanity, and violent crimes against persons were superior in frequency contrary to other crimes. In this sense, 50% of inmates have been declared guilty for homicide or attempted homicide. To conclude, schizophrenia was the diagnostic more salient for not guilty people by reason of insanity, a psychotic disorder which affects to cognitive and volitional capacities. Furthermore, accordingly with previous investigations, a high frequency of serious and violent crimes has been confirmed.