Definition
Criminal personality variables are understood as individual aspects that seem to influence involvement in criminal behavior.
Introduction
Criminal behavior is related to several variables, both environmental and individual. Several researchers point out different elements for the explanation of crime starting from the various theoretical points of view. Criminology has added most of these explanations to a field of study and practice as it constitutes an overlap of several sciences. Among these, psychology has made several contributions, both in theorizing and in intervening in criminal behavior. One of the main elements of study within psychology, more specifically investigations of criminal behavior, is personality.
In the field of psychology, personality is one of the most frequently studied and debated concepts. However, Allport (1955) already argued that personality is a very complex concept...
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Sousa, R.S., Sousa, S.L.d.H. (2019). Criminal Personality Variables. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3205-1
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