Criminal characteristics and psychopathy in women in prison.

Objectives: To compare the factors and facets of psychopathy based on criminal characteristics in a sample of women in prison.

Material And Method: Descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional study composed of a sample of 41 women incarcerated in the Ambato prison in Ecuador. In an individual session, the Hare Psychopathy Scale Revised was applied.

Psychological symptomatology in a prison population: an exploratory study of age, psychopathological history and time in prison.

Objectives: Identify psychological symptoms relating to age, psychopathological history and time in prison in women and men incarcerated in a prison.

Material And Method: Cross-sectional study. The sample was made up of 100 inmates, 50 men and 50 women and the symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) was used to assess psychopathological symptoms.