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Crimes of robbery, aggravated robbery and sexual: analysis of the associated factors in the Peruvian prison population
Authors: Jorge Quilla Regalado; Liliam Quilcate Valencia
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Objective:to determine the factors associated with violent crimes in men and women in prisons at a national level.Materials and methods: a secondary analysis of the 2016 National Penitentiary Population Census was carried out. For the bivariate analysis, the Chi-square test was applied. Results: 64.6% of men and 94.6% of women committed aggravated robbery, while the remaining 35.4% and 5.4% of men and women, respectively, were admitted for sexual crimes. The main variables associated with violent crimes in males were: being in early adulthood (p=0.000), being single (p=0.000), not having used weapons (p=0.000), not having been in a youth center (p=0.000), not having consumed drugs hours prior to the crime (p=0.010)and having consumed alcohol (p=0.000). On the other hand, for women, the associated variables were: being in adolescence or early adulthood (p=0.000), considering that she was discriminated against due to have a criminal record (p=0.020) and not having used a weapon during the commission of the crime (p=0.000). Conclusions: there are many factors associated with violent crime for men. Among them, alcohol consumption is an important associated factor that is a predictor of aggressive behavior. Other psychological factors should be studied in depth in order to approach the phenomenon considering its multicausality.