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Title: | Recidivist criminal behaviour and executive functions: a comparative study |
Authors: | Seruca, Tânia Silva, CF |
Keywords: | executive functions criminal recidivism |
Issue Date: | 24-Jun-2015 |
Publisher: | The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology |
Citation: | Seruca, T., Silva, C. F. (2015). Recidivist Criminal Behaviour and Executive Functions: a comparative study. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 5, 699-717. |
Abstract: | This study sought to analyse the relation between executive functions and criminal recidivism. We assessed a set of cognitive abilities associated with executive functioning in a group of recidivist offenders (n = 19), primary offenders (n = 25) and non-offenders (n = 30). Our results, tested with nonparametric statistics and Monte Carlo method, revealed that there were no executive differences between both groups of offenders but, when compared with non-offenders, the recidivists showed a worse performance in Trail Making Test part B, and the primary offenders presented a significant lower score on Porteus Maze Test Age score. This study suggests that there can be a different pattern of executive functioning deficits associated with the offenders’ criminal record: recidivism may be more related to mental flexibility impairments and primary offenders’ antisocial behaviour may be aggravated by planning deficits. |
URI: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14789949.2015.1054856 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17182 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | PSI - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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