(Universidad de Cuenca, 2017) Ochoa, Juana; Guillén, Ximena; Ullauri, Dione; Narváez, Juana; León Mayer, Elizabeth; Folino, Jorge O.
Judicial decisions regarding family violence, security and protection
measures, among others, require the integration of the Law with knowledge
coming from mental health and behavioral sciences. Of special importance
is its contribution on subjects as violence and psychopathy. This
article reviews some historical aspects on the risk of violence and psychopathy
and describes its present state in Latin America
