Company-Fernández Alba, Tarancón Pilar, Cruz Ana Rita, Griffith James W, Ricarte Jorge J, Barry Tom
University of Barcelona, Spain.
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Feb;37(3-4):NP1811-NP1834. doi: 10.1177/0886260520933043. Epub 2020 Jun 19.
This study explores the narrative contents obtained from the description of autobiographical memories reported by a sample of incarcerated males that exemplified their most aggressive, transgressive, or criminal selves. Participants were 110 men serving a prison sentence for different types of crimes. Three main phenomena were identified from their stories: the narration of the criminal self, description of the crime (or crimes) committed, and the criminal responsibility attributional processes. The results showed the existence of mechanisms to justify the crime among a large section of participants, whereas the assumption of personal responsibility for the commission of the crime and the consideration of an unfair or excessive sentence were not as frequent. Also, some specific crimes concurred with concrete responsibility attributional processes, especially with the justification of criminal behavior. These findings generate useful information regarding recidivism, resocialization, and the attribution of responsibility among inmates.
本研究探讨了从一群被监禁男性样本所报告的自传体记忆描述中获得的叙事内容，这些描述展现了他们最具攻击性、违规或犯罪的自我形象。参与者是110名因不同类型罪行而服刑的男性。从他们的故事中识别出了三个主要现象：犯罪自我的叙述、所犯罪行的描述以及刑事责任归因过程。结果显示，很大一部分参与者存在为犯罪行为辩解的机制，而对犯罪行为承担个人责任以及认为判决不公平或过重的情况则不那么常见。此外，一些特定罪行与具体的责任归因过程相关，尤其是与犯罪行为的辩解有关。这些发现为累犯、重新社会化以及囚犯之间的责任归因提供了有用信息。
