Abstract
This study aims to explore the profiles of Malaysian female prisoners. Using a qualitative method through face-to-face interviews, the study was conducted in two prisons among 21 female prisoners who committed various types of crimes. The interview protocol contains open-ended questions and data obtained was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The crime profiles showed that the informants committed various types of criminal offenses for the first time with different criminal motives in selected closed locations. They used various objects as weapons and committed non-individual crimes. Theirpsycho-criminogenic profiles demonstrated that negative personality traits, high level of stress, aggression and cognitive distortion as psychological factors for committing crimes.
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