Reati a sfondo sessuale: il ruolo dei traumi infantili, delle distorsioni cognitive e della psicopatia sul rischio di recidiva
Titolo Rivista: MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Autori/Curatori: Giuseppe Craparo, Silvia Fasciano, Antonia Tomasello, Angela Micciché, Giulia Costanzo, Valentina Costantino, Simona Grilli, Silvestro Lo Cascio, Vincenza Cannella, Irene Petruccelli, Alessio Gori
Anno di pubblicazione: 2016
Fascicolo: 3 Focus monotematico. Condotte sessuali "devianti" e relazioni disfunzionali:ricerca e trattamento
Lingua: Italiano
Numero pagine: 20
P. 11-30
Dimensione file: 284 KB
DOI: 10.3280/MAL2016-003002
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Obiettivo del presente articolo è di valutare, a partire dall’analisi delle ricerche presenti in letteratura, quali rapporti vi siano, in coloro che hanno commesso reati sessuali, tra la pro-propensione alla recidiva e le seguenti variabili: traumi precoci, distorsioni cognitive e psi-copatia. Nel tentativo di vagliare il grado di associazione fra le variabili succitate sono stati analizzati i casi di due detenuti sex offender a cui sono stati somministrati i seguenti test: PCL-R, PBI, TEC e SDM. Dall’analisi delle loro storie e dai punteggi ottenuti ai test è risultato un livello clinicamente significativo per la psicopatia associato a precoci e cronici traumi relazionali, e a un più alto rischio di recidiva. L’impossibilità di generalizzare questi dati ci induce a mantenere una certa cautela interpretativa, augurandoci che le future ricerche considerino se e in che modo, nella popolazione dei sex offender, traumi relazionali precoci e la presenza di tratti psicopatici incidano sulla propensione a reiterare comportamenti sessualmente pericolosi.
Keywords: Reati sessuali, trauma infantile, psicopatia, recidiva
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Giuseppe Craparo, Silvia Fasciano, Antonia Tomasello, Angela Micciché, Giulia Costanzo, Valentina Costantino, Simona Grilli, Silvestro Lo Cascio, Vincenza Cannella, Irene Petruccelli, Alessio Gori, in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 3/2016, pp. 11-30, DOI:10.3280/MAL2016-003002