Approaches to psychic performance and responsibility of Reincidivist victim. Content analysis

Tahirí Rojas De Astudillo

doi:10.31579/2637-8892/065

Abstract

In order to understand the psychic functioning of the recidivist victim, there had been done a content analysis focused on experiences made to whole amount of adult recidivist victims served during August and September of 2017 in the National Service of Forensic Medicine and Sciences Mérida was carried out. Recidivist victim is understood as a person who has been victims of the same crime more than once, denounced or not, by the same aggressor or another. It was found that in 66.7% of cases aggression came from a partner or ex-partner. On the other hand, 100% of the cases refer to verbal violence. When violence came from exercised by the partner or ex-partner, as well as a tendency towards physical aggression related to the aggressor mentioned above. Difficulties in the handling of attachments and limits in recidivist victims are hypothesized. Also it is recommended to make a deeper qualitative research in order to reach an explanatory understanding of the object of study.

Highlights

After the first year of operation of the department of forensic psychology of the National Service of Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Mérida, it is empirically found that the majority of the people served are victims who have suffered from the same crime they previously reported and for long periods of time, this generates interest in the repeat victim
In order to understand the psychic functioning of the recidivist victim, there had been done a content analysis focused on experiences made to whole amount of adult recidivist victims served during August and September of 2017 in the National Service of Forensic Medicine and Sciences Mérida was carried out
After the review of all the expertise carried out in the department of forensic psychology of the National Service of Medicine and Forensic Sciences Mérida, it was found that 46 experts met the criteria of having been performed on repeat victims of legal age

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Introduction

After the first year of operation of the department of forensic psychology of the National Service of Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Mérida, it is empirically found that the majority of the people served are victims who have suffered from the same crime they previously reported and for long periods of time, this generates interest in the repeat victim. In 1998 Bowlby proposes that attachment behavior is used to generate internal protection and survival systems, since human beings feel that it is the safest way to protect themselves from external hazards. According to this author, those who look for him in a safe way, have a better chance of surviving and passing on this way of reacting to the following generations. On the other hand, according to Vernengo (2005), the mental health of a person is associated with their ability to recognize appropriate objects and give them a secure base, as well as the individual's ability to establish mutually rewarding relationships

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