Resumen de Psychopathy and Female Gender: Phenotypic Expression and Comorbidity; A Study Comparing a Sample of Women Hospitalized in Italy's Maximum Security Facility with Women Who were Criminally Sentenced and Imprisoned,
Felice Carabellese, Alan R. Felthous, Donatella La Tegola, Ilaria Rossetto, Domenico Montalbò, Filippo Franconi, Roberto Catanesi
Various studies have shown that women with psychopathy tend to commit crimes that are less violent than those of psycho-pathic men. The present study was designed to address the influence of psychopathy on the crimes committed by female offenders. A nationalsample of female offenders found NGRI or of diminished responsibility and at risk for criminal recidivism (OPG patients) was compared witha sample of female offenders who were convicted and imprisoned. Results of this comparison between the two groups of female offenders indi-cate that psychopathy is a transversal psychopathological dimension which may or may not be associated with other mental disorders. In bothsamples, the most commonly reported offenses among women with high PCL-R scores were minor offenses, not particularly violent, but theyappear to be related to typical psychopathic features such as superficial charm, pathological lying, and manipulation.
