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Recidivist criminal behaviour and executive functions: a comparative study
| dc.contributor.author | Seruca, Tânia Catarina Mira | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Carlos Fernandes da | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-24T09:59:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-24T09:59:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.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. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier | 10.1080/14789949.2015.1054856 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 26(5), 699-717. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2015.1054856 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/14789949.2015.1054856 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1478-9949 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4030 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | CÓRTEX PRÉ-FRONTAL E COMPORTAMENTO CRIMINAL | |
| dc.subject | Criminal recidivism | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Executive functions | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Neuropsychological assessment | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Mental flexibility | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Planning | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Recidivist criminal behaviour and executive functions: a comparative study | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | CÓRTEX PRÉ-FRONTAL E COMPORTAMENTO CRIMINAL | |
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| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Oxfordshire | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 717 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 699 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 26 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | PIDDAC | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | restrictedAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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