Desistimiento delictual en mujeres chilenas que han estado privadas de libertad

Diverse investigations have studied the phenomenon of criminal desistance in women, evincing characteristic factors for this population. The objective of this study was to explore a predictive model of the female criminal desistance from psychosocial factors, self-efficacy, perceived social support...

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Main Authors: Pérez Luco Arenas, Ricardo, Chitgian Urzúa, Violeta, Mettifogo, Decio
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7042376
Source:Criminalidad, ISSN 1794-3108, Vol. 61, Nº. 2, 2019, pags. 59-78
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Summary: Diverse investigations have studied the phenomenon of criminal desistance in women, evincing characteristic factors for this population. The objective of this study was to explore a predictive model of the female criminal desistance from psychosocial factors, self-efficacy, perceived social support and stage of motivation to change. One worked with a group of 50 women who had been sentenced to deprivation of liberty punishments in Santiago, Chile. All of them participated in semi-structured interviews and gave answer to self-report questionnaires, creating a database of characterization of the criminal process, identifying specific factors that permitted create a female desistance index. By means of multiple linear regression the aim was to determine the predictor variables, finding two profiles with different probabilities of desistance from the crime; likewise, the stages of action and maintenance explain a 25.4% of the desistance, showing the relevance of the will and the capacity of agency in the change process of the women who have infringed the law. This permits to propose the incorporation of the motivational approach in the interventions with women who have been detained and to further deepen in the found profiles.