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Estudio de caso de un adolescente condenado por parricidio

2015; Miguel Hernández University of Elche; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

2340-8340

David Rodríguez Iñesta, Juan Ramón Pereira Docampo, Paz Botella Tortosa, Lorena Rodríguez Botella, Esther Mirete Molina, Santiago de las Heras Junco,

Child Abuse and Trauma

A case study of a teenager convicted of a crime of parricide. Unlike crimes committed by adults, studies on the psychological profile of young parricide are scarce. The aim of this paper was to analyse a prototypical case of parricide committed by an adolescent to identify the different idiosyncratic elements in this specific type of behavior. The methods consisted of a pretest assessment of psychiatric reports, a meeting with the treatment team in the penitentiary and the collection of comparative information. Subsequently an in-depth assessment of the individual was carried out, in individual interviews applying the tests, SIMS, MCMI, WAIS and the 102 criminological variables list, as well as the Hare PCL semi structured interview. The results indicate that we are facing an individual with clear psychopathic features, with an above-average intelligence level, not a simulator and with a pathological personality. The results are interpreted in terms of the existing literature on this subject and future research developments and the practical use of this type of study are proposed.