Citation

Fernandez-Montalvo J, Echeburua E, Amor PJ. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2005; 49(2): 158-167.

Affiliation

Departamento de Psicologia y Pedagogia, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona 31006, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X04269005

PMID

15746267

Abstract

The current study compares 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. There were no significant differences in demographic variables between the two samples. However, from a psychopathological point of view, psychiatric antecedents and current emotional instability were much more frequent and severe in aggressors within the community. Therefore, two possible differential profiles among the violent men are presented. Implications of these results for further research and clinical practice are commented on.