Citation

Failde Garrido JM, García Rodríguez MA, Carrera Fernández MV, Castro YR, Lameiras Fernández M, Ruiz Soriano L. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2018; 59: 10-19.

Affiliation

University of Vigo, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.05.003

PMID

29996983

Abstract

Significant changes have been applied to the regulation of criminal law concerning road traffic in Spain, in a similar way to many of the countries surrounding us. This has led to a gradual increase in the number of individuals who are convicted with custodial sentences or sentenced to community service. Nevertheless, the available data on the psychosocial traits of road traffic offence convicts is highly limited. The objective of this qualitative study is to provide more insight into those convicted of road traffic offences through the use of focus groups, thus enabling the analysis of their attitudes towards sentences related to road safety offences, opinions regarding their driving styles, the profile of convicts of road traffic offences and how they feel about being labelled as delinquents. The results of this study are particularly relevant with regards to improving the rehabilitation process of convicts of road safety offences.

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Language: en

Keywords

Crime; Prison; Qualitative approach; Road safety