Aggressors against women in prison and in the community: An exploratory study of a differential profile
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A study is conducted to compare the demographic and psychopathological characteristics of 54 men, who were in prison because of a serious offence of violence against women and of 42 men who belonged to a program of community treatment for violence against women in the home. The psychopathologists viewed that psychiatric antecedents and emotional stability were more frequent in aggressors within the community.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2005
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Psychological treatment of men convicted of gender violence: A plot study in Spanish prisons
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A psychological treatment program for men with serious offences of gender violence in Spanish prison was tested to evaluate its effectiveness. The results showed significant improvement of irrational beliefs, about women and violence, as a strategy to cope with everyday difficulties and a significant decrease of psychopathological symptomatology, anger, and hostile.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2006
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Male batterers with and without psychopathy: An exploratory study in Spanish prisons
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The differential profile of male batterers in prison with and without psychopathy is analyzed and discussed.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2007
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