TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - A profile of violent offenders in Spanish prisons
JO  - Victims and offenders
A1  - Caravaca-Sánchez, Francisco
A1  - Fear, Noelle
A1  - Vaughn, Michael G.
SP  - 462
EP  - 479
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - In Europe, it is relatively uncommon to find studies that investigate the criminal profiles of violent offenders, especially infrequent are those that pay special attention to offenders' mental health/substance use disorders and histories of violence during childhood. The current research explores whether inmates who are incarcerated for violent offenses (n = 536) in Spain are different in terms of the aforementioned factors as compared to inmates incarcerated for non-violent offenses (n = 536). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that violent offenders, as compared to their non-violent counterparts, were more likely to be younger, younger at the time of their first arrest, single, use alcohol, receive treatment in prison for anxiety or schizophrenia, and report physical abuse during childhood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1556-4886
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2019.1608881
ID  - ref1
ER  -