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- Title
Una aproximación al perfil de las mujeres extranjeras privadas de libertad en España.
- Authors
Quiroga-Carrillo, Anaïs; Varela Portela, Cristina; Míguez Salina, Gabriela
- Abstract
In recent years, the literature has indicated that foreign incarcerated women share a number of characteristics that differ from those found in the rest of the female prison population. This article analyses their socio-educational profile, considering diverse factors related to their criminal careers. For this purpose, a descriptive non-experimental research was carried out, in which 159 foreign female prisoners from 6 Spanish penitentiary centres participated. The main results show that this population mostly commits crimes against public health, is sentenced to more than 6 years of prison, hardly presents drug addictions, and that their labour trajectories are marked by a great precariousness. We conclude with the need to review the penal response, given its excessive severity for drug trafficking, and to reflect on the economic motivations that normally lie behind their offences.
- Publication
Quaderns de Psicologia, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0211-3481
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.1929