Multiaxial classification of partner-violent men in prisons

The current ex post facto study describes the evaluation and classification that took place with 48 partner violent men and compares the results with a previous study done with the same methodology. Using the MCMI-III, the role of personality and its relationship with clinical syndromes of violence in couples is analyzed. Different variables of interest have been assessed through a structured interview, the STAXI-2, IPDMV and CTS-2. The results obtained attest the typological classification, indicating that it is possible to classify offenders in at least two groups that differ on the variables described internationally. The group called "normalized" represents 43.75% of the sample and is characterized by suffering les psychopathology, less cognitive distortion and having a greater control of their anger. The group called "antisocial" represents 56.25% of the sample and is formed by subjects with greater psychopathology (in both, personality and clinical syndromes) which have greater cognitive distortion and whose violence is more complex.